Re-questioning of a witness in court following cross examination, by the attorney who produced them.
Follows cross examination and is exercised by the counsel who introduced the witness.
Follows cross-examination and is exercised by the party who first examined the witness.
An examination of a witness by the direct examiner subsequent to the cross-examination of the witness.
Redirect examination is the trial process by which the party who offered the witness has a chance to explain or otherwise qualify any damaging testimony brought out by the opponent during cross-examination. Redirect examination may question only those areas brought out on cross-examination and may not stray beyond that boundary.