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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Redirect \Re`di*rect"\ (r?`d?*r?kt"), a. (Law)
   Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling
   him, after the cross-examination.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Examination \Ex*am`i*na"tion\, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
   examination.]
   1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
      careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
      study or experiment.
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   2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
      qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
      candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
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            He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
            examinations.                         --Macaulay.
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   Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
      examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
      him.

   Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.

   Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, (Law) that
      questioning of a witness at trial made by the party
      calling the witness, after, and upon matters arising out
      of, the cross-examination; also called informally
      re-direct.

   Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
        inquisition; inspection; exploration.
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