# Redirect examination

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"Re-examination" redirects here. For the process in United States patent law, see [reexamination](/source/Reexamination).

**Redirect examination**, in the United States, is the questioning of a witness who has already provided testimony under oath in response to [direct examination](/source/Direct_examination) as well as [cross examination](/source/Cross_examination) by the opponent. On redirect, the attorney offering the witness will ask additional questions that attempt to rehabilitate the witness's credibility, or otherwise mitigate deficiencies identified and explored by the opponent on cross.[1] For example, the opponent might elicit on cross-examination an admission that the witness did not directly perceive every single part of the events at issue; the proponent will attempt on redirect to establish that the witness perceived enough of those events that the finder of fact can draw reasonable inferences as to the gaps where the witness's perception was obstructed.[citation needed]

"Recross" is sometimes allowed, but usually the opposing attorney must ask for permission from the judge before proceeding with that additional round of questioning.[2]

In [Australia](/source/Australia), [Canada](/source/Canada), [India](/source/India), [Singapore](/source/Singapore), [UK](/source/UK) and [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) the process is called **re-examination**.[citation needed]

## See also

- [Cross-examination](/source/Cross-examination)
- [Direct examination](/source/Direct_examination)

## References

1. ["Redirect examination"](https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/redirect_examination). *[Wex](/source/Wex)*. May 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.

1. ["Recross Examination: Understanding Its Legal Definition | US Legal Forms"](https://legal-resources.uslegalforms.com/r/recross-examination). *legal-resources.uslegalforms.com*. Retrieved 2026-05-07.

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