Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court;
occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Retrial \Re*tri"al\, n.
A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial
trial, as of an accused person.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
retrial
n 1: a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which
the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are
reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial
is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural
errors