| | Trial de novo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | In (The collection of rules imposed by authority) law, the expression trial de novo literally means "new ((law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal) trial". |
 | | It is often used in the review of (additional info and facts about administrative proceedings) administrative proceedings or the judgements of a (additional info and facts about small claims court) small claims court. |
 | | In order to protect the individual's rights against (The prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution) double jeopardy ordering a trial "de novo" is often the exclusive right of an appeal judge. |
| www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/trial_de_novo.htm (259 words) |