voir dire

Etymology
for “to say the truth”, from +, from  +.

Noun

 * 1)  The preliminary phase of a jury trial in which the jurors are examined and selected.
 * 2)  A preliminary hearing without a jury in order to determine whether the evidence meets the test for admissibility to go to a full hearing at a criminal trial, in the legal systems of England and Wales, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.
 * 3)  A hearing in the context of a larger trial to determine some specific issue relevant to that trial, such as the admissibility of a piece of evidence or the competency of a witness to testify.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 預先審查
 * Finnish: valamieskuulustelu
 * French:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 예비신문(豫備訊問)