All 3 Uses of
cross-examination
in
Bleak House
- Mr. Guppy, who has an inquiring mind in matters of evidence and who has been suffering severely from the lassitude of the long vacation, takes that interest in the case that he enters on a regular cross-examination of the witness, which is found so interesting by the ladies that Mrs. Snagsby politely invites him to step upstairs and drink a cup of tea, if he will excuse the disarranged state of the tea-table, consequent on their previous exertions.
Chpt 19-21cross-examination = the re-questioning of a witness who has already been questioned by the other side in court
- "Was you a party in anything, ma'am?" says Mr. Guppy, transferring his cross-examination.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- "Come, Jobling," says Mr. Guppy in his encouraging cross-examination-tone, "I think you know Krook, the Chancellor, across the lane?"
Chpt 19-21cross-examination = the re-questioning of a witness who has already been questioned by the other side in court
Definition:
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(cross-examination) the re-questioning of a witness who has already been questioned by the other side in court