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French person here, I have no idea what "voir dire" means. It's literally "see say".

• hollerith 3y ago
  Voir dire has a technical meaning among lawyers in the English-speaking countries.
• akavi 3y ago
  It's Anglo-Norman[0], and means "to tell the truth" ("voir" being cognates with modern French "vrai", not "voir") [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language
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• VHRanger 3y ago
  It's a court procedure where you ask questions to an expert witness to verify they know what they're talking about
  • qingcharles 3y ago
    Interesting that you mention that use. I've spent thousands of hours in court and never heard the term applied to expert witnesses, perhaps because their background is often stipulated. The use the public would be most familiar with is the interrogation of the jury pool, by both parties, to make sure they are suitable (e.g. suitably biased) jurors before trial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voir_dire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voir_dire