Understand motions in civil court cases and explore different types, such as motions to dismiss and pre-trial motions. Learn to identify the...
THE PRETRIAL DISCOVERY PROCESS IN CIVIL CASES: A COMPARISON OF EVIDENCE DISCOVERY BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATESThis article compares and contrasts the pre-trial discovery mechanisms used in China and the United States, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each. Although both use ...
Noun1.pretrial- (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases pretrial conference group discussion,conference- a discussion among participants who hav...
Pretrial 英/priː'traɪəl/ 美/'prɪ'traɪəl/ 【英文释义】 a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases 【中文释义】 n. 事先审理 adj...
By the 19th cent., however, the technical intricacy of equity and law procedure and the tendency to make cases hinge on procedural details rather than on substantive rights made reform imperative. The way was led by the New York code of civil procedure of 1848 (largely the work of David Du...
16.On the Perfection of the Preparation Procedure of our Present Civil Cases;完善我国现行民事审前准备程序的构想 17.Role and Improvement of Preparatory Procedure before Civil Trial;民事诉讼审前准备程序的功能及制度完善 18.perfection of the pretrial preparative procedure in civil action of our country...
about the guilt or innocence of the defendant. A court also may sequester the jury during the course of the trial. Another tactic is to postpone the trial until publicity dies down. In rare cases a court will change the venue of the trial to a locale less affected by the pretrial ...
Trials of three civil actions starting in the United States this month will examine whether Merck's cyclo-oxygenase-2 painkiller Vioxx (rofecoxib) caused the plaintiffs' heart attacks. Lawyers for both plaintiffs and Merck have claimed that editorial information ordered by the court from the New...
1. (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases Adjective 1. preceding an official trial; ...
1. (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases Adjective 1. preceding an official trial; "pretrial publicity" "pretrial hearings are usually fo...