preliminary inquiry - In Juvenile Court, an investigation and study conducted by the probation department upon receiving a referral to determine whether further action should be taken.
Expanded Legal Definition of PraemunirePreliminary Inquiry Canada: An initial inquiry that occurs at the demand of an acused wherein a judge screens the proposed criminal charge against the available evidence.
With certain criminal offences, the accused may elect to have a preliminary inquiry. Election by the Crown The procedure by which the Crown decides to prosecute a "hybrid" offence as a summary conviction or as an indictable offence.
Any officer is disqualified to sit as a member who has convened the court, who is the prosecutor or a witness for the prosecution, who has made the preliminary inquiry into the facts, who is the prisoner's commanding officer, ...
As the jury are not competent to try the accused, but merely to investigate the case so far as to ascertain whether he ought to be put on his trial, they cannot hear evidence in his favor; theirs is a mere preliminary inquiry; ...
 See also: Civil, Public, Charge, Action, Proceeding
  
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