Cross-examination

Definition: Cross-examination

Cross-examination

Noun

1. (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination.

Date "cross-examination" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inquiry	Interrogatory; interpellation; challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism; feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy; leading question; discussion; (reasoning).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent.

Crosswords: Cross-examination

English words defined with "cross-examination": cross-question ♦ leading question ♦ redirect examination, Re-direct examination. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Daniel K. Webb's Cross-Examination of Oliver North and Summation in U.S. v. John M. Poindexter (1988) (reference) Edward Bennett Williams' Cross-Examination of Jake Jacobson in U.S. v. Connolly (1975) (reference) Examination and Cross-Examination of Experts in Forensic Psychophysiology Using The Polygraph (reference) Highlights from the Direct and Cross-Examination of Herman Goering in the Nuremberg Trial (Classics of the Courtroom Vol. VII) (reference) The Direct and Cross-Examination of John Dean in U.S. v. Mitchell (1974) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Malaysia	Witnesses are subject to cross-examination. (references)
	Colombia	Public trials are still rare, and there are juries only in rare instances; however, cross-examination of witnesses does occur. (references)
	Pakistan	The civil judicial system provides for an open trial, the presumption of innocence, cross-examination by an attorney, and appeal of sentences. (references)
Worker Rights	Bahamas	The tribunal follows normal court procedures for the admission of evidence, direct examination, and cross-examination. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Cross-examination" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.67% of the time. "Cross-examination" is used about 79 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	93.67%	74	38,813
Adjective (general or positive)	6.33%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	79	N/A

Language		Translations for "cross-examination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		foretage en gennemgang af sagen (to undertake an cross-examination of the petition). (various references)

Dutch		overgaan tot een contradictoir onderzoek (to undertake an cross-examination of the petition). (various references)

Finnish		ristikuulustelu (confrontation of witnesses, cross examination). (various references)

French		contre-interrogatoire. (various references)

German		eine kontradiktorische Prüfung der Angelegenheit vornehmen (to undertake an cross-examination of the petition). (various references)

Greek		προβαίνω σε κατ'αντιπαράθεση εξέταση της αγωγής;προβαίνω σε κατ'αντιπαράθεση εξέταση της αίτησης (to undertake an cross-examination of the petition). (various references)

Hungarian		keresztkérdezés, keresztkérdések feltevése (cross examination). (various references)

Italian		procedere ad un esame della domanda in contraddittorio procedere ad un esame contraddittorio del ricorso (to undertake an cross-examination of the petition). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		詰問 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たいしつ (confrontation, constitution, exit from a room, genetic make-up, moisture-proof, predisposition), きつも�", は�"たいじ�"も�", は�"も�" (agony, asking in return, retort, speckles, worry). (various references)

Manx		feyshtey tessen (interrogate, interrogation), feyshnagh (interrogatory). (various references)

Pig Latin		oss-examinationcray

Portuguese		interrogatório cruzado, interrogatório (interrogatory, questioning, quiz). (various references)

Russian		перекрестный допрос (cross examination). (various references)

Swedish		korsförhör (cross examination). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự thẩm vấn cuộc thẩm vấn. (various references)

Welsh		croesholiad. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Cross-examination

Definition: Cross-examination