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'pretrial'

[pretrial.n.01] as in: (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases

Origins

					pretrial (English)
├── pre- (English)
└── trial (English)
    ├── trial (Anglo-Norman)
    └── trialis (Latin)