HyperDic: pretrial

English > 1 sense of the word *pretrial*:
NOUN	communication	pretrial, pretrial conference	(law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried

pretrial > pronunciation
Sounds	priytray'ahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *pretrial*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	(law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful / useful in civil than in criminal cases.
Synonym	pretrial conference
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Broader	conference, group discussion	A discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic