单词 | voir dire |
释义 | voir dire 1 /'vwär-'dir, 'wär-/ n [Anglo-French, to speak the truth]: a formal examination esp. to determine qualification (as of a proposed witness) the judge admitted the witness's expert testimony after a voir dire by the attorney; esp: the act or process of questioning prospective jurors to determine which are qualified (as by freedom from bias) and suited for service on a jury voir dire 2 vt voir dired, voir dir·ing: to examine in a voir dire proceeding a motion to voir dire the witness outside the presence of the jury voir diring prospective jurors as to their beliefs concerning the death penalty — State v. Ortiz, 540 P.2d 850 (1975) (concur) |
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