reargument
noun
re·ar·gu·ment
(ˌ)rē-ˈär-gyə-mənt 
plural rearguments
law
: a new or repeated argument
especially
: presentation of new or additional arguments to a court on a matter of law or fact which a petitioner claims was overlooked or misunderstood by the court
Doubts aroused by the dissents led the Court to put the case down for reargument the next term. —
Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis The Justices postponed some of the court's docket and even ordered rearguments on some cases they did hear. —Richard Lacayo
Richard Lacayo Examples of reargument in a Sentence
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The Supreme Court will hear reargument in on October 15, after asking lawyers to address whether creating majority-Black districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act violates the Constitution’s ban on racial discrimination.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court punted last term on deciding the legality of Louisiana’s creation of a second black-majority district in compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, ordering in June that the justices should hear rearguments in October.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
Most striking was his push for reargument in the epochal desegregation case of Brown v. Board of Education.
—Charles S. Dameron, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
Roe had originally been argued in December 1971, but due to disagreements among the justices, and the fact that two justices had been sworn in since the case’s initial hearing, Burger pushed for its postponement and reargument.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2022
In interviews, legal filings and court arguments, Gonzalez’s office has made clear the reexamination and reargument of Cruz’s case only solidified its belief in his guilt.
—Joe Sexton, ProPublica, 12 Oct. 2020
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court punted last term on deciding the legality of Louisiana’s creation of a second black-majority district in compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, ordering in June that the justices should hear rearguments in October.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
Most striking was his push for reargument in the epochal desegregation case of Brown v. Board of Education.
—Charles S. Dameron, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
Roe had originally been argued in December 1971, but due to disagreements among the justices, and the fact that two justices had been sworn in since the case’s initial hearing, Burger pushed for its postponement and reargument.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2022
In interviews, legal filings and court arguments, Gonzalez’s office has made clear the reexamination and reargument of Cruz’s case only solidified its belief in his guilt.
—Joe Sexton, ProPublica, 12 Oct. 2020
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“Reargument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reargument. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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