voir dire

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Etymology

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Anglo-Norman for “to say the truth”, from Old French voir (true, truth) + dire (to say), from Latin vērum + dīcere.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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voir dire (countable and uncountable, plural voir dires)

  1. (law, US) The preliminary phase of a jury trial in which the jurors are examined and selected.
  2. (law, England, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, US) A preliminary hearing without a jury in order to determine whether the evidence meets the test for admissibility to go to a full hearing at a criminal trial, in the legal systems of England and Wales, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.
  3. (law) A hearing in the context of a larger trial to determine some specific issue relevant to that trial, such as the admissibility of a piece of evidence or the competency of a witness to testify.

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