crossexamination
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Di Pietro, Antonio — (1950– ) An intense, hardworking opponent of political corruption, Antonio Di Pietro was born in the Molise in 1950. He became first a policeman and then, in 1981, a public prosecutor. In 1985, he joined the district attorney’s office in Milan … Historical Dictionary of modern Italy
inquisition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. examination, questioning; tribunal; crossexamination; probe, investigation, inquiry. See severity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. official inquiry, cross examination, interrogation, third degree*; see… … English dictionary for students
Mendoza, Eduardo — b. 1943, Barcelona Writer Emerging as a novelist in the post Franco period, Mendoza has become one of the most significant exponents of the detective genre while also parodying this form to criticize social ills. In 1973 he moved to New… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
Fyfe, Sir David Maxwell — 1900–1967 Fyfe was one of the most devastating prosecutors at the war crimes trials at Nuremberg. He had been appointed British Solicitor General and began preparing cases against top German officials in 1942. At the end of the war in Europe,… … Who’s Who in World War Two
hostile witness — A witness who is subject to crossexamination by the party who called him, because of his evident antagonism toward that party as exhibited in his direct examination … Ballentine's law dictionary
Lord, my — In modem times this form of address would be heard most frequently in a supreme court in Britain, addressed to a judge. It also remains the formal way of addressing a nobleman below the rank of duke, and a Roman Catholic bishop. There is an… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
