Usually means: Questioning own witness in court.
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  1. direct examination: Merriam-Webster
  2. direct examination: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  1. direct examination: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. direct examination: Law.com Dictionary
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  8. Direct Examination: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (direct examination)

▸ noun:  (law) In a legal trial, the questioning of a witness by the attorney for the party who has called the witness to testify.

Similar:
interrogatory, testimony, case-in-chief, oyer, subpoena, voir dire, bench trial, state's evidence, bar examination, commission de bene esse, more...

Opposite:
cross-examination, questioning

Phrases:
re direct examination, more...

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Similar:
interrogatory, testimony, case-in-chief, oyer, subpoena, voir dire, bench trial, state's evidence, bar examination, commission de bene esse, more...

Opposite:
cross-examination, questioning

Phrases:
re direct examination, more...



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