Rehearing

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rehearing
       n : the act of hearing again [syn: {relistening}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  REHEARING. A second consideration which the court gives to a cause, on a 


  second argument. 
       2. A rehearing takes place principally when the court has doubts on the 
  subject to be decided; but it cannot be granted by the supreme court after 
  the cause has been remitted to the court below to carry into effect the 
  decree of the supreme court. 7 Wheat. 58.