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If an attorney objects to a question asked by the opposing attorney and the judge

agrees with the objection, the judge will:

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Step-by-step explanation:

If the judge sustains said objection, the opposing attorney in question must rephrase it or otherwise address the issue with properly admitted evidence and move on, the witness being questioned would also be prohibited from answering said inappropriate question.

- I wish not to be named, Criminal Defense Attorney-at-Law, PhD, Yale Graduate with Highest Honors.

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Answer:

When a lawyer says "objection" during court, he is telling the judge that he thinks his opponent violated a rule of procedure. The judge's ruling determines what the jury is allowed to consider when deciding the verdict of a case.

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