Noun
A second or subsequent examination.
(law) Subsequent questioning of a witness after cross-examination.
(law, US) In United States patent law, a procedure under which an issued patent is returned to the examiner to determine if it remains valid in light of newly discovered prior art.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgReinhold Niebuhr's new orthodoxy is the oldtime religion put through the intellectual wringer. It is a re-examination of orthodoxy for an age dominated by such trends as rationalism, liberalism, Marxism, fascism, idealism and the idea of progress. Whittaker Chambers
Another reason prompting the President to call for a re-examination of the Penal Code has to do with the Environment, where he considers there is need for an approach that inhibits environment-related crimes. Source: Internet
Artists called for a re-examination of vegetal and zoological motifs, particularly as seen in Japanese art. Source: Internet
After a re-examination in 2002, forensic scientists found further evidence to support these initial findings. Source: Internet
Although there no records from the Miocene in the Atlantic, a re-examination of the North Carolina material indicated that the diversity of puffins in the early Pliocene was as great in the Atlantic as it is in the Pacific today. Source: Internet
For Historical revisionism involves either the legitimate scholastic re-examination of existing knowledge about a historical event, or the illegitimate distortion of the historical record. Source: Internet