To review before publication, as by an authority or authorities in the pertinent field of study, of the written form of an idea, hypothesis, theory, and/or written discussion of such.

(law) A scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association. / (law) An article published in such a journal.

(US, medicine, management) A review of the use of medical resources at a medical facility for purposes of cost control.

(US, law) A course of study designed to prepare an individual to take a bar examination.

present participle of peer review

Having been through the peer review process.

simple past tense and past participle of peer review

(chiefly journalism) A short critique, ranging anywhere from a single sentence to a few hundred words in length, of an artistic work.

(law, uncountable) The doctrine, implemented in varying ways in differing jurisdictions, that authorities within the judicial branch of government may examine and make rulings on the legal validity of decisions and actions of the legislative and executive branches of government and, in some jurisdictions, of others within the judicial branch itself.

A scholarly paper, or part of one, compiled from published sources, which sums up current knowledge of a particular topic.