direct examination
Americannoun
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Unlike a lawyer conducting direct examination of their own client, Savitt was allowed to lead, she instructed Musk.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Prior to restarting direct examination, the judge told the court that Hoffinger was instructing Daniels to “stay focused” and “not provide any unnecessary narrative” in the afternoon’s testimony.
From Slate • May 7, 2024
“So we would be kind of in and out of the ER unfortunately when the manic episodes arose,” she said during direct examination by Devlin.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024
Due to poor ancient DNA preservation in hot and humid climates, no ancient DNA from Arabia has been sequenced until now -- preventing the direct examination of the genetic ancestry of its past populations.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024
I had done the direct examination of all of the witnesses and was surprised when I realized that it was already 5:00 p.m.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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