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Definition: VOIR DIRE |
VOIR DIRE1. An oath administered to a witness, usually before being sworn in chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers in reference to matters inquired of, to ascertain his competency to give evidence. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Law | Preliminary examination by a judge of a witness to determine his competence or of a juror to determine his qualification for jury service; inquiry conducted by the judge in the absence of the jury into the admissibility of an item of evidence. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The process by which judges and lawyers select a petit jury from among those eligible to serve, by questioning them to determine knowledge of the facts of the case and a willingness to decide the case only on the evidence presented in court. "Voir dire" is a phrase meaning "to speak the truth." (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: VOIR DIRESynonym: Jury selection. (additional references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
voir dire | 39 |
voir dire question | 9 |
jury voir dire | 4 |
voir dire sample question | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "VOIR DIRE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
French | voir-dire (voire dire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oirvay ireday verificação da capacidade para depor como testemunha (voire dire). (various references) examen preliminar de la fiabilidad de un testigo (voire dire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-o-r-r-v" | |
-2 letters: devoir, driver, drover, viroid, voider. | |
-3 letters: direr, diver, drier, drive, drove, ivied, order, rider, rived, river, roved, rover, video, vireo, virid. | |
-4 letters: dire, dive, doer, dore, dorr, dove, ired, irid, over, redo, ride, rive, rode, rove, vide, vied, vier, void. | |
-5 letters: dev, die, doe, dor, err, ire, ode, ore, red, rei, rev, rid, rod. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-o-r-r-v" | |
+1 letter: overrigid. | |
+2 letters: overriding. | |
+3 letters: overdriving, overgirding. | |
+4 letters: diversionary, overdrinking, overstriding, retrodictive. | |
+5 letters: deteriorative, overdirecting, overdiversity, rediscoveries, rediscovering, reinvigorated, reprovisioned. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 4F 49 52 44 49 52 45 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01001111 01001001 01010010 00100000 01000100 01001001 01010010 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V O I R   D I R E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 004F 0049 0052 0044 0049 0052 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56494352238435239 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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