CROSS-EXAMINATION

cross examination

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cross-examination, n. The questioning of a witness at a trial or hearing by the party opposed to the party who called the witness to testify. • The purpose of cross-examination is to discredit a witness before the fact-finder in any of several ways, as by bringing out contradictions and improbabilities in earlier testimony, by suggesting […]

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cross-examination

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cross-examination n. 交叉询问；反询问 指在听审或开庭审理程序中，一方当事人对对方提供的证人进行的询问。反询问应在提供证人的本方对该证人进行主询问〔examination-in-chief〕之后进行，目的在于核查证人的证言或质疑证人或其证言的可信性，如指出证言与证人先前所作证言中的矛盾之处，向证人提出疑问，诱使证人承认某些事实以削弱证言的可信性等。在交叉询问中允许提诱导性问题〔leading question〕，但通常只能限于主询问中涉及的事项以及证人的可信性问题。

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