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sidebar con·fer·ence n: a conference between the judge, the lawyers, and sometimes the parties to a case that the jury does not hear
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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sidebar conference — noun see sidebar II … Useful english dictionary
sidebar — side·bar / sīd ˌbär/ n: sidebar conference had failed to request a sidebar before injecting the collateral offense into the trial Dockery v. State, 659 So. 2d 219 (1994); also: the place near or before the bench where a sidebar conference takes… … Law dictionary
sidebar — [sīd′bär΄] n. 1. a short article dealing with a sidelight of a major news story and printed alongside it 2. a discussion at the bench between the lawyers and the judge, conducted outside the hearing of the jury: also sidebar conference … English World dictionary
Sidebar (law) — The sidebar is an area in a courtroom near the judge s bench where lawyers may be called to speak with the judge so that the jury cannot hear the conversation and/or they may speak off the record. Lawyers make a formal request by stating may I… … Wikipedia
sidebar — noun Date: 1945 1. a. a short news story or graphic accompanying and presenting sidelights of a major story b. something incidental ; sidelight < a sidebar to the essay s central theme > 2. a conference between the judge, the lawyers, and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sidebar — /suyd bahr /, n. 1. follow up (def. 3b). 2. a typographically distinct section of a page, as in a book or magazine, that amplifies or highlights the main text. 3. a conference between the judge and lawyers out of the presence of the jury. 4. a… … Universalium
sidebar — n. framed story, story or news item that is related and complementary to a main news story (in Journalism); conference or discussion held in a courtroom between the judge and the lawyers in a manner that the people on the jury cannot hear (in… … English contemporary dictionary
sidebar — side•bar [[t]ˈsaɪdˌbɑr[/t]] n. 1) a short news feature alongside and highlighting a longer story 2) a typographically distinct section of a page, as in a book or magazine, that amplifies or highlights the main text 3) cvb a conference between the … From formal English to slang
sidebar — noun 1. (law) a courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge that is held out of the jury s hearing • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑consultation 2. a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story • Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
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