sidebar

Definition of Sidebar in English :

1. sidebar

(law) a courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge that is held out of the jury's hearing

2. sidebar

a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sidebar

noun

1.

(in a newspaper, website, etc) a short article placed alongside and providing additional information about a longer one

2.

any subsidiary or supplementary thing

noun

1.

a short article dealing with a sidelight of a major news story and printed alongside it

2.

a discussion at the bench between the lawyers and the judge, conducted outside the hearing of the jury

also sidebar conference

n.

1. A brief section of text or another feature that appears alongside a more detailed discussion of a subject, often separated graphically in a box.

2. Law A conference between a judge and the attorneys of a case being tried, held outside of the jury's range of hearing.