retrial

/ (riːˈtraɪəl) /

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noun

a second or new trial, esp of a case that has already been adjudicated upon

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Words nearby retrial

retreat, retreatant, retreatism, retrench, retrenchment, retrial, retribution, retributive, retributivism, retrieval, retrieve

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How to use retrial in a sentence

I was convicted a year later and sentenced to death—a charge later overturned by the Supreme Court when it called for a retrial.
An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike|IranWire|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The state, after consulting families, decided not to attempt a retrial of Michaels.
How the ‘Witch Hunt’ Myth Undermined American Justice|Jason Berry|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was not a retrial per se, but rather a fresh look at the appeal process that freed Knox.
Italian Judge Explains Why Amanda Knox Did It|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Smiling and waving, his conviction overturned, a confident Hosni Mubarak showed up for his retrial in Cairo.
Confident Hosni Mubarak Appears in Court|Mike Giglio|April 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Many activists and human-rights advocates met the news of the retrial with cautious optimism.
The Unfinished Mubarak Business|Mike Giglio|April 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Letters to the Master of the Rolls ordering retrial of case concerning enclosure of commons at Bath.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century|Richard Henry Tawney
The result of a doubtful (non liquet) verdict was a retrial of the case at some future time.
The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. II (of II)|Walter M. Chandler
They had hoped to secure a countersign of their own judgment without a retrial by the governor.
The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. II (of II)|Walter M. Chandler
It made an immense excitement; the State rose as one man and clamored for Clayton's pardon and retrial.
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Mr. Henderson succeeded in getting a retrial, and even a third hearing, but still the man was under sentence of death.
The Lincoln Story Book|Henry L. Williams