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voir dire definition

voir· dire (vwär′ dir′)

  1. an oath taken by a person to speak the truth in an examination testing his or her competence as a witness or juror
  2. the examination itself

Etymology: Fr < voir(e), truly + dire, to say

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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