In England and Wales, refers to a "trial within a trial". It is a hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence, or the competence of a witness. As the subject matter of the voir dire often relates to evidence or competence, the jury is invariably removed from the court for the voir dire. The judge will then deliver their ruling on the matter in the absence of jury and the evidence or witness will be called in the normal way or, if the witness is deemed incompetent to give evidence or the evidence is excluded by the judge, that evidence will not be called in the trial.