adversarial

ad ver sar i al |ˌadvərˈse (ə )rēəl ˌædvərˈsɛriəl | ▶adjective involving or characterized by conflict or opposition: industry and government had an adversarial relationship. • opposed; hostile: the reviewer ’s presumed adversarial relationship to his subject. • Law (of a trial or legal procedure ) in which the parties in a dispute have the responsibility for finding and presenting evidence: equality between prosecution and defense is essential in an adversarial system of justice. Compare with inquisitorial. DERIVATIVES ad ver sar i al ly adverb

adversarial

adversarial |ˌadvəˈsɛːrɪəl | ▶adjective involving or characterized by conflict or opposition: the adversarial nature of the two-party system. • Law (of a trial or legal proceedings ) in which the parties in a dispute have the responsibility for finding and presenting evidence. Compare with accusatorial, inquisitorial. DERIVATIVES adversarially adverb