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to rehear

to rehear

1 7.2
To hear a case again in court, especially after an appeal or new evidence
  • verb
  • /riˈhɪr/
  • Formal
translation icon : revisar
  • Nine days after the panel's decision, the full 10th Circuit, acting on its own motion, vacated the original ruling and ordered the case reheard en banc.
  • rehear the case
  • rehear in court
  • agreed to rehear

Examples

  • At the request of the state, the full appeals court reheard the case.

    Blog text (25)

  • The judge decided to rehear the case after new evidence was presented.

  • On September 10, the State of Alabama filed an appeal with the 11th Circuit, asking for the entire court to rehear the case.

    Blog text (15)

  • The appeals court has agreed to rehear the case en banc.

    Academic text (1994)

  • But judging from the fact that the full court has agreed to rehear it, he says, the chances are pretty good that the panel will overturn the original decision.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Nearly two-thirds of respondents say that if one of the parties does not like the result, a case should be allowed to be reheard in a court of law.

    Academic text (1994)

  • In the next few weeks, defense attorneys plan to ask the entire panel of appellate judges to rehear the case, and if that petition is denied, they will take it to the Supreme Court.

    Blog text (15)

  • In the Michigan case, the full thirteen-judge appellate court reheard the case and reversed the three-judge panel's 1995 decision.

    Academic text (1997)

  • But on Jan. 5, the San Francisco-based appeals court announced that a majority of its nonrecused regular active judges had voted to set aside the October ruling and rehear the case before an 11-judge panel.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The Supreme Court agreed to rehear the arguments next month due to the complexity of the issues involved.

Synonyms

to retry
vsto rehear
  • Specialized
18 5.4

Hear a case again in court after the first trial ends without a decision

is used when a court hears a case again after appeal or new evidence
to relitigate
vsto rehear
  • Formal
1 8.0

To take a legal case to court again after it was decided

is used for official court review after appeal or new evidence, not improper repeats
to reargue
vsto rehear
  • Jargon
1 6.6

To present a case again in court after new facts appear

focuses on the full court hearing and decision process, not only argument

Antonyms

to dismiss
  • Formal
192 4.1

To end a legal case so the court does not consider it

How Serious

to relitigate
  • Formal
1 8.0
to retry
  • Specialized
18 5.4
appeal
  • Formal
365 6.1
to rehear
  • Formal
1 7.2
to reopen
182 1.4
to challenge
  • Formal
552 4.3
to question
777 3.5

Surface Forms

rehear infinitive
rehearing present participle
rehears third person singular
reheard past
reheard past participle

Morphology

rehear = hear (semi-transparent) = re + hear

The prefix 're-' clearly means 'again', but the target word is mainly used in the specialized legal sense of 'hear' a case.

Etymology

Rehear comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the verb hear, so in law it means to hear a case again, for example after an appeal or when new evidence is found.