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