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- noun Plural form of
rehearing .
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Messrs. Black and Weyhrauch will now get rehearings.
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Petitions for rehearing are supposed to serve the function of this proposed comment period, but petitions for rehearing have the following disadvantages: (1) the public cannot participate, and (2) the Supreme Court virtually never grants rehearings; the last I heard, the SC had granted only one rehearing ever (of course, that is more the fault of the SC than of the current rehearing procedure).
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That is part of why periodic rehearings would be crucial, because you could not just sentence someone to a certain term of detention as punishment for their prior acts.
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After that, the court sent back more than 400 cases to lower courts for rehearings.
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The frequency of rehearings and rehearings en banc further slows down the process, takes up more resources, and leads to underpreparation in other cases.
The Volokh Conspiracy » In Defense of the Ninth Circuit: 2007
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Charging that the appeals courts' decisions in the Ballard and Lisle cases conflict with the Supreme Court's decision in the Ballard/Kanter case, the Justice Department is seeking rehearings in the Eleventh and Fifth circuits.
December 2005 2005
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KING: Paul, if the rehearings -- if they stand, and the appeal stands, as reversed, do you expect the state to retry?
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After six years of interminable hearings, filings, appeals, and rehearings—during which it almost went under—MCI won approval from the FCC to establish its service.
THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998
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Sentences at rehearings, new trials, or other trials shall be adjudged within the limitations set forth in R.C.M. 1003.
Executive Order 12960 On Amending Manual For Courts Martial Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1998
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Sentences at rehearings, new trials, or other trials shall be adjudged within the limitations set forth in R.C.M. 1003.
Executive Order Amending Manual For Courts Martial Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1995
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