01 n. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
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The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
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A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.“He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations.” — Macaulay.
Phrases & compounds
Examination in chief —
that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him.
Cross-examination —
that made by the opposite party.
Reëxamination —
that questioning of a witness at trial made by the party calling the witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination; also called informally re-direct.
Syn.
Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.