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Noun: retrial  ree'trI-ul
  1. (law) a new trial of a case that has already been decided, ordered due to procedural errors or unfairness in the original trial
    "The appeals court ordered a retrial due to jury misconduct"

Derived forms: retrials

Type of: trial

Encyclopedia: Retrial