Term: pretrial: (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
Candidate hypernym: conference: a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic → 1
Candidate hypernym: branch: a division of some larger or more complex organization → 0
Candidate hypernym: ecology: the environment as it relates to living organisms → 0
Candidate hypernym: nidus: a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs → 0
Candidate hypernym: welder: joins pieces of metal by welding them together → 0
Candidate hypernym: fouquieriaceae: small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: miniature: painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) → 0
Candidate hypernym: soccer ball: an inflated ball used in playing soccer → 0
Candidate hypernym: nymphaea: the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies → 0
Candidate hypernym: spur: a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward → 0
Candidate hypernym: cress: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste → 0