relitigate
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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"I didn't, so I understand why he took the decision he did, but one thing I'm very clear about is that I'm not going to seek to reopen or relitigate this issue. I'm moving on."
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2026
It gives European courts significant leeway to relitigate American cases when the result doesn’t conform to their values.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
But ultimately, unlike Alsup, Chhabria did appear to leave an open legal pathway for the authors to relitigate their case on different grounds if they so wish.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025
Also, did she really want to relitigate an old relationship in the press when it came time to promote the film?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
He noted the "collateral estoppel" doctrine in the case that disallows Trump and Habba from attempting to "relitigate the first trial."
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
At the end of the show, Byrne turned to Murphy and delivered a line that has been relitigated in the Irish press over and over for the next 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
"In the meantime, there are likely past cases that need relitigated."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2023
The prevailing party would likely cite the doctrine of res judicata, which says that a claim that reaches judgment in one court should not be relitigated in a second.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2023
“And there’s a risk here that some of the efforts which had a lot of momentum coming out of Glasgow are being relitigated, if you will, in certain quarters.”
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
Also, there was a provision about tweeting, which got relitigated this year because Musk will never log off.
From The Verge ● Dec. 12, 2019
A large share of the speech was aimed at relitigating his grievances about past investigations into his conduct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
Jones said he did not want to be "relitigating the arguments of a past Conservative government".
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
“It can’t just be about relitigating the past. It can’t just be talking about bills we passed,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
For the sake of brevity and sanity, I'll take a pass at relitigating ye ol' "economic anxiety" debates here.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023
It took this step to prevent parents from kidnapping their children by absconding to a different state and relitigating a custody order against them.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2022
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