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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Examination \Ex*am`i*na"tion\, n. [L. examinatio: cf F. examination.] 1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. 2. 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. {Examination in chief}, or {Direct examination} (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him {Cross-examination}, that made by the opposite party. {Re["e]xamination}, or {Re-direct examination}, that made by a party calling a witness, after and upon matters arising out of the cross-examination. Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cross-examination \Cross"-ex*am`i*na"tion\ (kr?s"?gz-?m`?-n?"sh?n; 115), n. (Law) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See {Examination}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cross-examination n : close questioning
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