rehearing

[ree-heer-ing]

noun

Law.

1. a second presentation of the evidence and arguments of a case before the court of original presentation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rehearing¹

First recorded in 1680–90; re- + hearing

Example Sentences

Since 1993, the court had granted only two out of 214 petitions for rehearings, both to redress narrow errors, not differences in interpreting North Carolina’s constitution.

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China has showcased in recent drills how it would encircle and strangle Taiwan by cutting off its life-sustaining shipping lanes—not just exercises rehearing a full-scale invasion.

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Justice Will Sellers, in a dissenting opinion, said he would have granted the rehearing request so that they could gather more information.

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The Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the Alabama Hospital Association filed a brief supporting a rehearing request in the case that has drawn international attention.

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So as a practical matter, he doesn’t have time to seek an en banc rehearing by the D.C.

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