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/riɪgzˌæmənˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Examination n.

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

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. "He neglected the studies,... stood low at the examinations."

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.

Reexamination, 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.

Synonyms: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.

Reexamination n. A repeated examination. See under Examination.

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Etymology of 'Reexamination'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reexamination" Quotes from Famous Books

... of Christ, written from an evangelical standpoint, says of it: "Even the most devout mind may be forgiven occasional pangs of incredulity." But the considerations already presented are certainly sufficient to justify a reexamination of the case. And it is to be borne in mind that the question at issue is, not what the eye-witnesses at that time believed, not what the Church from that time to this has believed, not what we are willing to believe, or would like to believe, but what all the facts with any bearing on the case, taken ...

— Miracles and Supernatural Religion • James Morris Whiton