予よ備び尋じん問もん

noun

voir dire

Legal term for a preliminary hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence or the competency of a witness or juror.

• 裁さい判ばん官かんは予よ備び尋じん問もんで証しょう人にんの適てき格かく性せいを判はん断だんした。

  The judge determined the witness's competency during the voir dire.