Catchword: hot tubbing

Filed Under: English, Australia, Law, Slang

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: He might have preferred a new way of hearing expert testimony that Australian lawyers call hot tubbing. In that procedure, also called concurrent evidence, experts are still chosen by the parties, but they testify together at trial—discussing the case, asking each other questions, responding to inquiries from the judge and the lawyers, finding common ground and sharpening the open issues.

Article or Document Title:
“In U.S., Expert Witnesses Are Partisan” (URL)

Author:
Adam Liptak

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
New York Times

Date of Publication:
Aug. 11, 2008

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