Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pretrial
1 sense of pretrial
Sense 1
pretrial, pretrial conference -- ((law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases)
=> conference, group discussion -- (a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic)