reargument

English

Etymology

re- +‎ argument

Noun

reargument (countable and uncountable, plural rearguments)

1. (law) The arguing of a legal case again.
   • 1976 April 10, Neil Miller, “U.S. Supreme Court Upholds State Sodomy Laws”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

     Voeller asserted that the National Gay Task Force, which initiated the Virginia case, planned to take the case back to the Supreme Court for re-argument.

   • 2008 January 19, Adam Liptak, “West Virginia Judge Steps Out of Case Involving a Travel Companion”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     They could set the entire appeal down for reargument, with or without a substitute justice.

Anagrams

• garmenture