Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A renewed argumentation, as of a case in court; a new arguing or pleading upon the same matter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law The
arguing of a legal case again.
Etymologies
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Examples
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FEC case for reargument is potentially the more interesting decision.
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Will Justice Souter be on the Court for the Citizens United reargument?
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Today, the Court failed to reach a decision in Citizens United v. FEC, and set the case for reargument in September.
Elliot Tarloff: Supreme Court to Rule on Citizens United Case 2009
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Will Justice Souter be on the Court for the Citizens United reargument?
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If three justices do not concur in a decision, a reargument must be ordered.
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A motion was filed today for a reargument based on the conflicting decision concerning the finding of "blight" made Dec. 3 in the Appellate Division in the Columbia University eminent domain case, a veritable twin to the Atlantic Yards case.
Steve Ettlinger: Forest City's Longshot Bond Issue in Brooklyn 2009
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The Court stunned most observers back in June, when it asked for reargument in what seemed a small and narrow case: Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission.
Carl Pope: Did Thomas Jefferson Think Corporations Were People? 2009
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But in asking for reargument in that case, the Court invited the publisher of the movie to make the case that Congress did not have the authority to limit corporate political expenditure, even though as far back as 1902, and as recently as 2006, the Court had upheld that authority.
Carl Pope: Did Thomas Jefferson Think Corporations Were People? 2009
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The Court's last act of the past term was to schedule reargument in Citizens United v. FEC, a case that questioned whether a 90-minute film slamming Hillary Clinton was subject to federal campaign finance disclosure and disclaimer requirements.
Nan Aron: Can Baseball Survive the Supreme Court Confirmation Process? 2009
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Federal Election Commission for reargument in September — before the next term of the Court begins.
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