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retrial

nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,216 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: retrials

A retrial is a second hearing of a case already tried. Order a retrial, face a retrial, granted a retrial.

It follows a mistrial or a successful appeal, and the second jury hears the case fresh without being told what happened before. In England the double jeopardy rule was changed in 2003 to allow a retrial for serious offences where new evidence appears.

Definitions of retrial

  1. 1nounretrialA second hearing of a case already tried.C1

    “The judge ordered a retrial after a juror was found to have lied.”

retrial is a trial.

Where it comes from

  1. Anglo-Norman

    trial

  2. Middle English

    trial

  3. English

    trial

  4. English, today

    retrial

Built from

  • trier · Old French — to pick out, cull

From re- + trial. trial comes from Middle English trial, from Anglo-Norman trial. From Middle English trial, triall, from Anglo-Norman trial, triel, from trier (“to pick out, cull”) + -al. More at English try.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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retrial in the wild

  • On April 25, 2024, the New York Court of Appeals overturned the New York rape convictions because of "egregious errors" of procedure, ordering a retrial.

    Harvey Weinstein

  • The retrial in June 2009 ended with his acquittal on all charges.

    Bain family murders

  • On 22 August of the same year, the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory quashed the conviction, released Eastman from prison, and ordered a retrial.

    David Eastman (wrongful conviction)

  • Eastman sought leave to the High Court to appeal against the decision for a retrial.

    David Eastman (wrongful conviction)

  • For example, in Canada, the Crown (prosecution) may seek leave to appeal an acquittal; if such an appeal is successful, a retrial may be ordered.

    New trial

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the trial family

trial

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