preliminary examination; pretrial hearing
Legal term for a hearing or examination held before a full trial to determine whether there is enough evidence to proceed.
予審で証拠が不十分と判断され、事件は不起訴になった。
At the preliminary hearing, the evidence was deemed insufficient, and the case was dismissed.
minutes of a pre-trial hearing; records of a preliminary examination
Compound of 予 (preliminary) and 審 (examination, hearing). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is a standard legal term.