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“preaudiences”
In law, the right to be heard before another, a privilege belonging to the English legal system, the members of which are entitled to be heard in their order, according to rank, beginning with the Attorney and Solicitor General, and Queen's Counsel, and ending with barristers at large: In the courtroom, the lawyer for the defence called for a preaudience in order to speak first before the judge.
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audio-, aud-, audi-, audit- +
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