Associations to the word «Retrial»

Wiktionary

RETRIAL, noun. (legal) A second trial, by the original court, if the original trial was found to be improper or unfair

Dictionary definition

RETRIAL, noun. A new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne