Definition of retrial
: a second trial, experiment, or test; specifically : a second judicial trial
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Examples of retrial in a Sentence
His case is coming up for retrial.
Recent Examples of retrial from the Web
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Navarro last week postponed until July 10 a retrial that had been set to start June 26 for four defendants whose two-month trial ended in April with a hung jury.
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A judge on Tuesday postponed jury selection and withdrew her order restricting news media coverage of the murder retrial of a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist in Cincinnati.
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Hamilton County, Ohio, Judge Leslie Ghiz delayed jury selection Tuesday in the retrial of Ray Tensing, the police officer who shot Sam Dubose during a 2015 traffic stop.
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Attorneys are expected to start questioning prospective jurors for the murder retrial of a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist in Cincinnati.
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Opening statements are set for Wednesday morning in the retrial of Donna Horwitz, a South Florida woman accused of killing her ex-husband in a jealous rage.
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On Jan. 27, 1986, while awaiting retrial, Arthur escaped from the Colbert County jail by shooting a jailer in the neck with a .25 caliber pistol and forcing another jailer to open his cell.
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The judge in the murder retrial of a white Ohio police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist is set to hear arguments on evidence issues.
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Jammie Thomas, the nation’s first person to bring a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit to trial, is urging (.pdf) the judge in her case to let a retrial go forward.
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First Known Use of retrial
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RETRIAL Defined for English Language Learners
retrial
playDefinition of retrial for English Language Learners
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: a second trial in a court of law in order to make a new judgment on a case that has been judged before
Law Dictionary
retrial
playLegal Definition of retrial
: a trial of a matter already tried
Additional Notes on retrial
A retrial is barred by double jeopardy following a mistrial for which there was no manifest necessity.
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