Ex*am`i*na"tion (?), n.
[L. examinatio: cf. F. examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
2.
A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification;
as, the examination of a student, or
of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the
studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations.
Macaulay. Examination in chief, or Direct examination
(Law), that examination which is made of a witness by
a party calling him. -- Cross- examination,
that made by the opposite party. -- Reëxamination, or Re-direct examination, that
made by a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-
examination.
Syn. -- Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.
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