Cross-Examination

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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(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

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Cross-Examinations
possessive: Cross-Examination's
pluralpossessive: Cross-Examinations'

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