cross examined
Grilled under oath
Cross-examined is the past tense of cross-examine, meaning to question a witness who has already been questioned by the opposing side.
In legal proceedings, cross-examination tests testimony through pointed, often aggressive questioning: The defense attorney cross-examined the witness for three hours.
Outside courtrooms, it describes any intensive, probing interrogation: My parents cross-examined me about where I'd been.
- jury trialLegal proceeding with citizen panel
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- witness standPlace for giving testimony
- witnessOne who attests
star witness · lawyer · Perry Mason · questioning · scrutiny · contradiction · truthfulness · credibility · interrogate · evidence · admissibility · perjury · testimony · under oath · hearsay · hostile witness · reliability · inquisition
cross examinedaccepted at face value
Believed without verification
taken at face value · unquestioned · unchallenged · rubber-stamped · trusted
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