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Preliminary hearing

In common law jurisdictions, a preliminary hearing, preliminary examination, preliminary inquiry, evidentiary hearing or probable cause hearing is a proceeding, after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial. At such a hearing, the defendant may be assisted by a lawyer.

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Preliminary hearing

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples34
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
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related to Canada · 11
Preliminary hearing → Canada, Crown, During, If, In, In Canada, Jordan, Ontario, Preliminary, Supreme Court, The Crown Attorney
related to Terminology · 9
Preliminary hearing → Finally, For, If, In, Relatedly, Several, This, Those, Where
related to United States · 6
Preliminary hearing → If, In, Many, The, There, United States
related to Scotland · 4
Preliminary hearing → High Court, In Scotland, Justiciary, The
related to State law · 3
Preliminary hearing → Alternatively, Other, Some
is a · 1
Preliminary hearing → non-evidential pre-trial diet in cases to be tried before the High Court of Justiciary

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Preliminary hearingrelated to CanadaIn Canada0.60section
Preliminary hearingrelated to CanadaDuring0.60section
Preliminary hearingrelated to CanadaPreliminary0.60section
Preliminary hearingrelated to CanadaThe Crown Attorney0.60section
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Preliminary hearingrelated to CanadaSupreme Court0.60section
Preliminary hearingrelated to CanadaCanada0.60section
Preliminary hearingrelated to CanadaCrown0.60section
Preliminary hearingrelated to CanadaOntario0.60section

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