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Definition of "rehearing" [rehearing]

  • Law A new hearing of a case by the same court or other administrative tribunal in which it was originally heard. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rehearing" in a sentence
  • "For the court to issue the order sua sponte, that is, of its own accord without either party submitting papers requesting a rehearing, is even more rare."
  • "The decision and commentary by the judge cited in Mr. Mann's article, which followed the Texas jury verdict by a year, were made by that judge not in the context of a jury trial but on a rehearing from a decision issued by a bankruptcy court in California."
  • "Great Regulars: Sometimes the poet's voice doesn't seem to live up to the poem on the screen, sometimes what feels bland written down takes on immense power when we hear it, sometimes voice and word are so closely intertwined that it is difficult to read the poem again without "rehearing" that performance."