Noun: reexamination ,ree-ig,za-mu'ney-shun
- (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination
"After the defence's cross-examination, the prosecutor conducted a reexamination to clarify some points";
- redirect examination
- A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
"The reexamination revealed that the treatment was working";
- follow-up, followup, review
Derived forms: reexaminations
Type of: examination, interrogation, interrogatory, scrutiny
Encyclopedia: Reexamination