CROSS-EXAMINE

Definition: CROSS-EXAMINE

CROSS-EXAMINE

Transitive verb

1. To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "CROSS-EXAMINE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)

Inquiry

Question, put to the question, interrogate, pump; subject to interrogation, subject to examination; cross-question, cross-examine; press for an answer; give the third degree; put to the inquisition; dodge.

Crosswords: CROSS-EXAMINE

Human Rights

Vietnam

The defendant or the defense lawyer have the right to cross-examine witnesses. (references)

Luxembourg

They have the right to public trials and are free to cross-examine witnesses and to present evidence. (references)

Ecuador

They may present evidence, refuse to testify against themselves, and confront and cross-examine witnesses. (references)

Women

Ireland

The 2000 Sex Offenders Bill provides that "separate legal representation will be provided to complainants in rape and other serious sexual assault cases where application is made to adduce evidence or to cross-examine the complainant about his or her past sexual experience." In 1999 the National Steering Committee on Violence Against Women (a multiagency government body) began a public outreach campaign to combat violence against women, which it described as a "hidden" and "severely under reported" problem. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

ripyes. (various references)

Arabic 

‏إستجوب الشاهد ثانية, ‏إستجوب بدقة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

подлагам на кръстосан разпит. (various references)

Czech

vyslýchat (catechize, examine, interrogate, question, try), podrobit křížovému výslechu (grill). (various references)

Finnish

ristikuulustella (cross-question). (various references)

French

faire un contre-interrogatoire, faire subir un contre-interrogatoire � . (various references)

Greek 

εξετάζω κατ' αναπαράσταση, εξετάζω σε αντιπαράθεση, ανακρίνω (cross-question, grill, interrogate, question), αντεξετάζω (cross-question). (various references)

Hungarian

keresztkérdéseket tesz fel (to cross-examine, to cross-question), keresztkérdéseket tesz föl. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

問い詰める (to cross-examine, to press a question). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

といつめる (to cross-examine, to press a question). (various references)

Manx

aafeyshtey. (various references)

Pig Latin

oss-examinecray

Romanian

supune unui interogatoriu, ancheta (investigate). (various references)

Russian 

допросить (interrogate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

unakrsno ispitivati. (various references)

Spanish

interrogar (ask, debrief, examine, interrogate, question, test). (various references)

Swedish

korsförhöra (cross-question). (various references)

Turkish

sorguya çekmek (catechize, draw, examine, give a grilling, grill, interrogate, query, question), çaprazlama sorgulamak. (various references)

Ukrainian

піддавати перехресному допиту. (various references)

Welsh

croesholi. (various references)

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