A "pretrial settlement" refers to an agreement reached between two parties involved in a legal dispute before the trial begins. It is an agreement that resolves the matter without the need for a court trial. Full definition
His duties as a judge included handling criminal jury and bench trials, family court trials, probation violation, suppression and firearms safety hearings, arraignments, pretrial settlement conferences in both family and criminal cases, mediations in family cases and all of the usual and customary matters heard by a trial court judge. (sgbfamilylaw.com)
Over 88 % of the verdicts were either outright defense verdicts or were for an amount more favorable than the plaintiffs» final pretrial settlement demand. (lightfootlaw.com)
He reasoned that lean and experienced teams would get more courtroom wins and better pretrial settlements — at less cost to clients. (controllingcorporatelegalcosts.com)