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Definition of Pretrial conference

1. Noun. (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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretrial Conference

Literary usage of Pretrial conference

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (1993)
"(d) FINAL pretrial conference. Any final pretrial conference shall be held as close to the time of trial as reasonable under the circumstances. ..."

2. Working with the Courts in Child Protection by Jane N. Feller (1995)
"The pretrial conference is designed to promote such a resolution by ... the pretrial conference is still important to expedite the coming trial and to keep ..."

3. Conference on Assessing the Effects of Legislation on the Workload of the edited by A. Fletcher Magnum (1998)
"... a trial judge to direct the attorneys for the parties to appear at a pretrial conference for the purpose of "facilitating the settlement of the case. ..."

4. United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court by United States Supreme Court (1798)
"This obviously amounts to no broader a holding than that the failure to appear at a pretrial conference may, in the context of other evidence of delay, ..."

5. Resource Guide for Managing Prisoner Civil Rights Litigation by James Eaglin, Russell Wheeler, Judith A. McKenna, Marie Cordisco (1997)
"... deadlines Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b) requires the court to issue a scheduling order, regardless of whether a pretrial conference is held. ..."

6. Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (1994) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"pretrial conference At any time after the filing of the indictment or information the court upon motion of any party or upon its own motion may order one or ..."

7. Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"pretrial conference At any time after the filing of the indictment or information the court upon motion of any party or upon its own motion may order one or ..."

8. State of California Commission on Judicial Performance: 1996 Annual Report by Victoria B. Henley (1998)
"When the defendant later failed to appear in court for a scheduled pretrial conference, Judge Drew issued a bench warrant, and the defendant was remanded to ..."

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