retrial Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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

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Re*tri"al noun
Definitions
  1. A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person.

Webster 1913