voir dire
(noun)
The preliminary phase of a jury trial in which the jurors are examined and selected.
Examples of voir dire in the following topics:
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The Sixth Amendment and Jury Trials
- At voir dire, each side may question potential jurors to determine any bias, and challenge them if the same is found; the court determines the validity of these challenges for cause.
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Importance of Working Capital
- For small businesses and start-ups, unable to access financial markets for borrowing, WC has more dire implications.
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Case: United States Domestic Automaker, Ford
- Ford's history dates back to the Model T created by Henry Ford, with the goal of building a car for every family.Today, Ford is in dire competition with not only their domestic competitors, but also now foreign car manufacturers such as Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai.
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The Law of Unintended Consequences
- We see this every day on the streets and fields of our neighborhoods, but the problem is far more dire.
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Linguistic Relativity
- Because of these small but important differences, using the wrong word within a particular language (because you believe it to mean something else) can have dire consequences.
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Financial Management Before and During Bankruptcy
- If the situation is too dire for such measures and a debtor does not expect to have steady income or property, it may be appropriate to utilize the take no action approach.
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Mass Media and Technology
- There have been incidents of children acting out the violence they see in a game, often with dire consequences.
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Deprivation and Development
- Attachment theory may explain why social deprivation has such dire effects for children .
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Delivering Bad News
- I hope you'll never have to sing, write, or speak words as dire as these.
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Introduction to Osmoregulation
- When disease or injury damage the mechanisms that regulate osmotic pressure, toxic waste or water may accumulate, with potentially dire consequences.