主しゅ尋じん問もん

noun

direct examination; examination-in-chief

Legal term for questioning one's own witness in court. Used in Japanese legal contexts, equivalent to the common-law concept of direct examination.

• 弁べん護ご士しは証しょう人にんに対たいして主しゅ尋じん問もんを行おこなった。

  The lawyer conducted a direct examination of the witness.