voir dire n 🔊

1. (Commonwealth, US) A separate hearing held in the course of a trial to determine some specific issue relevant to that trial, such as the admissibility of a piece of evidence or the competence of a witness to testify.
2. (Commonwealth, US, criminal law, specifically) A preliminary hearing held without a jury to determine whether the evidence of a criminal offence is admissible such that the matter should go to trial.
3. (US) The preliminary phase of a jury trial in which the jurors are examined and selected; impanelment.

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