Resentencing
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A second sentencing.
"The women told the judge that they would not pay because they were indigent and also because it was a matter of conscience that they not pay. They requested that he sentence them instead. Cohen refused, saying that they had 30 days to think the matter over and if they wanted a resentencing they would have to make formal application within that time."
- 1 present participle and gerund of resentence form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The women told the judge that they would not pay because they were indigent and also because it was a matter of conscience that they not pay. They requested that he sentence them instead. Cohen refused, saying that they had 30 days to think the matter over and if they wanted a resentencing they would have to make formal application within that time."
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