Definition of Retrials

1. Noun. (plural of retrial) ¹

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Definition of Retrials

1. retrial [n] - See also: retrial

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrials

retreating
retreatlike
retreatment
retreatments
retreats
retree
retrees
retrench
retrenched
retrenches
retrenching
retrenchment
retrenchments
retriable
retrial
retrials (current term)
retribute
retributed
retributer
retributers
retributes
retributing
retribution
retributionist
retributionists
retributions
retributive
retributively
retributivism
retributivist

Literary usage of Retrials

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... are always retrials of the facts of the case, and are usually defined as a re-examination of an issue of fact. Zaleski v. Clark, 45 Conn. 397, 401. ..."

2. Intercollegiate Debates edited by Paul Martin Pearson, Egbert Ray Nichols (1913)
"In 1900, out of 337 appealed cases, 15 retrials were granted. In 1904, out of 555 appealed cases, 9 retrials were granted. Federal Judge Amidon, of North ..."

3. Human Rights Watch World Report, 2003: Events of 2002 (November 2001 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch Staff (2003)
"... were granted retrials, yet the authorities conducted them inside prisons, and with procedural violations (the retrials were ongoing at this writing). ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Reversals and retrials on pure technicalities should be abolished. (3) There is a movement in the direction of modifying the power of the common law jury ..."

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