Definitions for pretrial

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pretrial pre·tri·al

Spelling: [pree-trahy-uh l, -trahyl]

IPA: /priˈtraɪ əl, -ˈtraɪl/

Pretrial is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 317 anagrams from letters in pretrial (aeilprrt).

Definitions for pretrial

noun

1. a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.

adjective

1. of or relating to such a proceeding.
2. done, occurring, etc., prior to a trial:

Origin of pretrial

First recorded in 1935-40; pre- + trial

Examples for pretrial

Rice managed to avoid jail time by entering a pretrial diversionary program.

The government and the court would then convert the pretrial conditions as conditional release.

He was not convicted but entered a pretrial diversion program, common for first-time offenders.

Much of the trial, and the pretrial hearings that led up to it, have been conducted in managed obscurity.

Prior to that, Manning was held in pretrial confinement at Marine Corp Base Quantico Brig for nine months.

He is being held in pretrial detention in Baku and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.

Typically when a defendant pleads or allocutes to a felony the conditions of pretrial get worse.

At present, thousands of businessmen are in pretrial detention in Russia on false charges and at the behest of their competitors.

Manning is expected to serve his sentence at Fort Leavenworth, where he has been in pretrial confinement since April 2011.

Ray Rice, who married Janay Rice on March 28, was accepted into a pretrial intervention program to avoid time behind bars in May.