udienza+a+porte+aperte

f (audience) audience

law hearing

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udienza s.f.

1 audience, hearing; ( colloquio) interview: udienza particolare, private audience; udienza generale, public audience; l'udienza fu molto breve, the interview was very short; chiedere udienza, to request an audience; concedere un'udienza, to grant an audience (o an interview); accordare, dare udienza a qlcu., to give audience to s.o. (o to give s.o. a hearing) // udienza pontificia, papal audience

2 (dir.) hearing, sitting, session, court: udienza a porte aperte, sitting in open court; udienza a porte chiuse, sitting in camera; l'udienza è fissata per domani, the case will be heard tomorrow (o the case comes up for hearing tomorrow); l'udienza fu rimandata al giorno seguente, the hearing (o sitting) was adjourned to the next day; ci fu un'udienza ieri, they had a hearing yesterday; andare a un'udienza, to go to a hearing; chiudere l'udienza, to close the session (o the sitting)

3 ( pubblico, audience) audience.

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sostantivo femminile

1) (incontro) audience

2) dir. hearing

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udienza

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sostantivo f.

 1 (incontro) audience; udienza pontificia papal hearing; udienza privata private hearing

 2 dir. hearing; udienza preliminare pretrial hearing; udienza riservata o a porte chiuse closed hearing; in pubblica udienza in open court.