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Noun: cross-examination  krós ig,za-mu'ney-shun
  1. (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination
    "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"

Derived forms: cross-examinations

Type of: examination, interrogation, interrogatory

Encyclopedia: Cross-examination

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