Cross examination is a part of trial, either civil or criminal. It is the process by which opposing counsel questions a witness after the attorney who called the witness to the witness stand does so. The purpose of cross examination is to cast doubt upon the veracity of the witness' testimony based on one or more bases, including:
1. Inability to accurately recall facts to which he/she testified;
2. bias in favor or against one party;
3. an interest of some kind in the outcome of the case (usually financial or "saving his/her own hide");
4. some other reason that casts doubt on the testimony.
It means to interrogate them by means of questions, asking questions from different angles in order to elicit the truth of the testimony and of the matter being considered.
i.e. to check or extend testimony already given - (Oxford English Dictionary)
Which is more important direct examination or cross examination and why?
The plural form of cross-examination is cross-examinations.
The plural form of cross-examination is cross-examinations.
The Art of Cross-Examination was created in 1903.
cross-examination
The witness was not prepared for the defense attorney's brutal cross examination.
Cross Examination Debate Association was created in 1971.
The ISBN-13 for the book "Gandhi Under Cross Examination" is 978-1495254139.
Two. Direct examination and cross examination. And then there are the sub-categiories of those two (e.g.: re-direct examination and re-cross examination).
Gandhi Under Cross Examination has 287 pages.
Gandhi Under Cross Examination was created in 2009-06.
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