noun
definition
A second trial, by the original court, if the original trial was found to be improper or unfair
Examples of retrial in a Sentence
If there are problems, corrections are made and there is a retrial.
From this again appeal can be made on points of law or disputed procedure to the senate, which may send the case back for retrial by an assize of the peace in another district.
In the retrial of the General Fitz John Porter case he obtained a reversal of the decision of the original courtmartial.
It was not till 1899 that the unfortunate prisoner was brought back to France for retrial by court-martial, and even then, so strong was the anti-Semitic and military prejudice, he was again found guilty "with extenuating circumstances" at Rennes (September 9), though ten days later he was "pardoned" by President Loubet.
If the court finds that sections 78 and 79 are satisfied, it must make an order quashing the acquittal and directing a retrial.
Efforts on behalf of the three have focused on obtaining either a retrial or a presidential pardon.
Three senior judges will have the power to overturn the guilty verdict, order a retrial or keep the 41-year-old in jail.
In 1997, however, her conviction was quashed by the court of appeal, and a retrial ordered.
From the town The judge (ispravnik), who, in spite of the principle laid ordinary down in 1864, combines judicial and administrative functions, an appeal lies (as in the case of the justices of the peace) to an assembly of such judges; from these again there is an appeal to the district court (okrugniya sud), consisting of three judges; 4 from this to the court of appeal (sudebniya palata); while over this again is the senate, which, as the supreme court of cassation, can send a case for retrial for reason shown.