Found 2 items, similar to Reexamination.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: reexamination reexamination n 1: (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination [syn: redirect examination] 2: a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment [syn: follow-up, followup, review]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Reexamination Reexamination \Re`["e]x*am`i*na"tion\ (-?*n?"sh?n), n. A repeated examination. See under Examination. [1913 Webster] Examination \Ex*am`i*na"tion\, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F. examination.] 1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. [1913 Webster] 2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry. [1913 Webster] He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him. Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party. Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, (Law) that questioning of a witness at trial made by the party calling the witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination; also called informally re-direct. Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration. [1913 Webster]