English Explanatory Dictionary

Newton hearing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A part of a court case in which a judge, sitting alone and without a jury, hears evidence on factual points disputed between prosecution and defence.

Word forms

Newton hearing Newton hearings

Etymology

From the 1983 case R v Newton, in which the defendant admitted buggery but claimed his wife had given her consent.

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