Term: hearing: (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: consideration: a considerate and thoughtful act
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: portuguese: the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: hilarity: great merriment
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: reflexivity: the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: calash: the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: chatter: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: cerumen: a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: captain: an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: wrestling hold: a hold used in the sport of wrestling
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: astacus: type genus of the family Astacidae; Old World crayfish