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Voir_dire

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Voir dire (; from an Anglo-Norman term in common law meaning 'to speak the truth') is a legal term for procedures during a trial that help a judge decide certain issues: Prospective jurors are questioned to decide whether they can be fair and impartial. Witnesses are questioned to decide their competence to testify. Witnesses are questioned to decide the admissibility of evidence. From Old French voir 'true' (from Latin verus 'true', from PIE root *were-o- 'true, trustworthy') and from Old French dire 'to say' (from Latin dicere 'speak, tell, say',…

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