Voire dire
Examination of a jury panel by the judge, defense counsel and the state attorney.
VOP
Violation of Probation ...
peremptory challenge - Opportunity during "voire dire" (jury selection) in which a party to a lawsuit may dismiss a member of the jury pool without cause.
Perjury - The criminal offense of making a false statement under oath.
The trial then proceeds by witnesses before them; and they may examine, the juryman challenged on his voire dire, but he cannot be interrogated as to circumstances which may tend to his own disgrace, discredit, or the injury of his character.
Voire dire: (French: To speak the truth) Separate trial within a trial, generally in the absence of the jury, on the admissibility of contested evidence.
 See also: Writ, Way, Witness, Will, Wrong
  
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