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审判前的事先审理

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pretrial
     adj : preceding an official trial; "pretrial publicity"; "pretrial
           hearings are usually for the purpose of clarifying
           facts and points of la"

pretrial
     n : (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the
         parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to
         define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than
         in criminal cases [syn: {pretrial conference}]