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  • 61cross examine — verb question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side The witness was cross examined by the defense • Syn: ↑cross question • Derivationally related forms: ↑cross question (for: ↑cross question), ↑ …

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  • 62ask — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. interrogate, question; inquire; invite; request, demand. See inquiry, barter. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To inquire] Syn. request, query, question, inquire, interrogate, examine, cross examine, demand,… …

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  • 63Bostan Karim — (also transliterated as Bostan Qaseem) is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. [http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] ,… …

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  • 64cross-examination — ▪ I. cross examination cross examination ➔ examination   [m0] ▪ II. cross examine ˌcross exˈamine verb [transitive] LAW to question a witness very carefully during a court …

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  • 65cross-examine — ˌcross exˈamine verb [transitive] LAW to question a witness very carefully during a court case, especially in order to show that they are not telling the truth: • You will get a chance to cross examine the witness when she has finished giving her …

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  • 66ask — [ask, äsk] vt. [ME askien < OE āscian < IE base * ais , to wish, desire > Sans iccháti, (he) seeks, OHG eiscōn, inquire, demand] 1. to use words in seeking the answer to (a question); try to find out about by inquiring 2. to put a… …

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  • 67List of Case Closed episodes (season 2) — The Viridian edition of the second season DVD boxset of the series Case Closed released by Funimation Entertainment The second season of the Case Closed anime was directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto and produced by TMS Entertainment… …

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  • 68cred·i·bil·i·ty — /ˌkrɛdəˈbıləti/ noun [noncount] : the quality of being believed or accepted as true, real, or honest The new evidence lends credibility to their theory. a lack/loss of credibility The scandal undermined/damaged her credibility as an honest… …

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  • 69cross-examine — [krôs′ig zam΄in] vt., vi. cross examined, cross examining 1. to question closely 2. Law to question (a witness produced by the opposing side) as in order to challenge the truthfulness of previous testimony cross examination [krôs΄ig zam′ə… …

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  • 70rogatory letter — n. A letter sent from a judge to another judge in another state or country, asking that he or she question a witness who lives there. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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