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retrial

DEFINITIONS OF: retrial

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n 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

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