Since the lower courts addressed the question of whether someone may be medicated in order to stand trial, their decisions were, by definition, pretrial orders.

Under the ordinary rules of appellate procedure, pretrial orders lack finality and are not appealable unless they come within a few recognized exceptions.

This is the pretrial order, if you'd like to see it.

Drummond has legitimate courtroom obligations, and he faxed over the pretrial order from the other case to prove this.

I have previously submitted to the court a copy of a pretrial order for a case in federal court starting Monday.

Both sides have submitted proposed pretrial orders, and we'll work out the kinks today.

"She's listed as a potential witness in the pretrial order."

"She's in the pretrial order," I insist, and, frankly, all three of us know she's going to testify.

These witnesses are not in the pretrial order.

Torres said, "In accordance with the court's pretrial order, the parties have already exchanged witness lists.