noun
- a new hearing of a legal case by the same court or tribunal
Usage: legal
Examples
- The defendant’s lawyer requested a rehearing of the case.
- The appeals court granted a rehearing due to new evidence.
- After the rehearing, the judge reversed his original decision.
- The family waited months for the rehearing to be scheduled.
- Legal experts debated whether a rehearing was necessary.
- The rehearing focused on procedural errors from the first trial.