Legal Definition and Related Resources of Direct Examination

The examination in chief of a witness by the party calling him.

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Direct Examination Legal Definition

The first questioning of a witness by the attorney for the party on whose behalf the witness is called. Usually proceeds with open ended, non leading questions.

Translate Direct Examination from English to Spanish

Translation of Direct Examination , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Interrogatorio directo (translation provided by Varo Hughes and the Diccionario de Términos Legales Louis Robb) and other legal terms is available here.

• Interrogatorio directo (translation provided by Varo Hughes and the Diccionario de Términos Legales Louis Robb)
• Interrogatorio a su propio testigo (translation provided by Varo Hughes)
• Examen del testigo por la parte citante
• Legal English Translation

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Direct Examination in the law of the United States

Direct Examination: Related U.S. Resources

• Direct Examination in the American Law Encyclopedia
• Criminal Judicial Process Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
• Criminal Process Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary

See Also

Cross-Examination (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia) Witness (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia).

Direct examination in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of direct examination.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• direct examination in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• direct examination in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Direct Examination

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Direct Examination : (examination-in-chief, direct examination)

The questioning of a witness by the party who called him to give evidence. Leading questions (*leading question) may not be asked, except on matters that are introductory to the witness’s evidence or are not in dispute or (with permission of the judge) when the witness is *hostile. The purpose of examination-in-chief is to elicit facts favourable to the case of the party conducting the examination. It is followed by a *cross-examination by the opposing party.

Meaning of Direct Examination in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Direct Examination published by the National Association for Court Management: The first questioning of witnesses by the party on whose behalf they are called.

Direct Examination (Criminal Judicial Process)

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• examination