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 pretrial
      adj : preceding an official trial; "pretrial publicity"; "pretrial
            hearings are usually for the purpose of clarifying
            facts and points of la"
      n : (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the
          parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to
          define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than
          in criminal cases [syn: pretrial conference]