Retrial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Retrial is a noun meaning (law) 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.
Meaning
(law) 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.
Example Sentences
No evidence was offered by the Crown against Driver Trew when he stood his retrial on May 7.
The six activists will now face a retrial at Highbury Magistrates' Court, in front of a new judge.
He maintains his innocence and has lodged an appeal - which means a retrial and the conviction being set aside in the meantime
Word Forms
- retrials
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include appeal, prosecution, redress, rehearing, review, revision.
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