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Retrial
noun
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Noun
- 1 A second trial, by the original court, if the original trial was found to be improper, unfair, or no verdict was reached by a jury.
"No evidence was offered by the Crown against Driver Trew when he stood his retrial on May 7."
- 2 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 wordnet
Etymology
From re- + trial.
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