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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

From this point on, Merchan kept a much tighter leash on the direct examination, which had strayed way beyond what the judge said he had intended.

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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