verb
- past tense and past participle of rehear; to hear again, especially in a legal context where a case is heard again by a court
Usage: legal
Examples
- The case was reheard by the appeals court.
- After new evidence emerged, the judge reheard the testimony.
- The Supreme Court reheard the landmark case.
- The defendant’s lawyer requested that the case be reheard.
- The appellate court reheard the arguments last month.
- Due to procedural errors, the trial was reheard.