DIRECT EXAMINATION

Direct examination (also called examination in chief) is the questioning of a witness by the party who called him or her, in a trial in a court of law. Direct examination is usually performed to elicit evidence in support of facts which will satisfy a required element of a party's claim or defense.
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direct examination
n : (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
direct examination
(law), the first examination of a witness in the orderly course, upon the merits...
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direct examination
(law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him...
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examination of a witness by the party that summoned him to trial

直接尋問

interrogatoire direct (interrogatoire d'un témoin par la partie l'ayant convoqué au procès)