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RETRIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retrial mean? 

RETRIAL (noun)
  The noun RETRIAL has 1 sense:

1. a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errorsplay

  Familiarity information: RETRIAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RETRIAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("retrial" is a kind of...):

trial ((law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

retry (hear or try a court case anew)


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