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English noun: cross-examination

1. cross-examination (communication) (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination


Broader (hypernym)examination, interrogation, interrogatory


Part holonymcross-question, leading question


Domain categoryjurisprudence, law









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