Preliminary examination
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The examination of a person charged with crime, before a magistrate, as above explained.
See In re Doiph, 17 Colo. 35, 28 Pac. 470; Van Buren v. State, 65 Neb. 223, 91 N. W. 201,