Usually means: Initial court review of charges.
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  1. preliminary hearing: Collins English Dictionary
  2. preliminary hearing: Dictionary.com
  3. Preliminary hearing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. preliminary hearing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. preliminary hearing: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. preliminary hearing: Law.com Dictionary
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  5. Preliminary Hearing: DivorceNet.com (Annotated Divorce Law Dictionary)
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  7. Preliminary Hearing, Preliminary hearing: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Preliminary hearing)

noun:  In common law jurisdictions, a preliminary hearing, preliminary examination, preliminary inquiry, evidentiary hearing or probable cause hearing is a proceeding, after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial.


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