In order to establish a diagnosis, therefore, we were in many cases reduced to palpation, and occasionally to direct examination of the wound.
In all such wounds it was a safe rule to assume a fracture of the skull until this was excluded by direct examination.
Examination in chief, orDirect examination (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him.
In short, mental want of balance cannot, in the majority of cases, be the object of direct examination.
If it is easy to determine backwardness by a direct examination of a child's state of instruction, the difficulty of establishing a lack of mental balance is, on the other hand, very great.
We may therefore conclude with this practical rule: a physical examination can never allow us to dispense with a direct examination of the intelligence.
Hunter protested: "Counsel has strayed far from the matter of direct examination, and is trying to put words in the witness's mouth.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "direct examination" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
