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, orDirect examination(Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him. — Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party. — Reëxamination, orRe-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.