hearings
Congressional testimony sessions
Hearings is the plural of hearing, which beyond the sense of perceiving sound refers to formal proceedings where evidence and arguments are presented.
A congressional hearing investigates matters of public concern.
A court hearing addresses legal questions before trial.
An administrative hearing reviews government decisions: The zoning board scheduled hearings on the proposed development.
The word implies an opportunity to be heard—to present one's case before decision-makers.
Judicial examination of claims
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
evidence · courtroom · judge · cross-examination · objection · sworn · oath · affidavit
Of a legislature
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
impeachment · testimony · subcommittee · bipartisan · chamber · Capitol · investigation · inquiry
trial
Judicial examination of claims
deposition · evidence · courtroom · judge · cross-examination · objection · sworn · oath · affidavit · prosecution
congressional
Of a legislature
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
confirmation · impeachment · testimony · subcommittee · bipartisan · chamber · Capitol · investigation · inquiry · chairman
townhall
Local governance headquarters
- forumGathering place for discourse
- communityCollective of connected people
- zoningSectioning areas by use
planning · council · testimony · residents · citizens · stakeholders · input · comments · ordinance · municipal
audiologist
Hearing disorder specialist
auditory · cochlear · tinnitus · threshold · impairment · loss · aid · screening · test · baseline
- city councilcouncillors, councillor, council meetings, council chambers, mayor
- court servicescourt reporting, jury duty, bail bonds, legal aid, interpreters
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- Congressional proceedingsvotes, debates, roll call, testimony, markup session
- courtroom termsoath, witness, judge, trial, jury
- medical boardlicensing board, ethics committee, certification, registration, standards
- hearing aidsPersonal sound amplifiers
- hearing thingsPerceiving nonexistent sounds
- hard of hearingReduced auditory ability
- hearing lossReduced ability to perceive sound
- hearing fromReceiving a message
- hearing voicesPerceiving speech that isn't there