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direct examination

American  

noun

Law.
  1. the first interrogation of a witness by the side that has called that witness.


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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

That contradicts what he told jurors during Tuesday’s direct examination, when he claimed to have a specific memory of Trump in instructing him to cover up the Stormy encounter.

From Slate May 16, 2024

Earlier in direct examination, prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked Cohen about his years of loyalty for Trump that ended in a federal prison sentence and emotional and personal pain.

From Salon May 14, 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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