Recross Examination Definition: The resumption of cross-examination by the original cross-examiner in order to respond to matters that may have arisen during the re-examination of a witness. Related Terms: Cross Examination, Redirect Examination Ponzer and Dodd write:“[R]ecross examination can only deal with those subjects addressed in redirect examination.”However, later in their treatise, Ponzer and Dodd also suggest that there are two theories extant (as of 2004) in the United States as to the permitted scope of a recross examination; one reflected in Green v US, “limited to new matters brought out in redirect examination”, and the other as reflected in State v Cordeiro, “recross examination may embrace all matters testified to on redirect examination”.REFERENCES:Green v US, 718 A. 2d 1042 (1998)Ponzer, Larry, and Dodd, Roger, Cross-Examination Science and Techniques, 2nd Ed. (San Fransisco: LexisNexis, 2004), page 14-3. State v Cordeiro, 56 P. 3d 692 (Hawaii 2002) Categories & Topics: Civil Litigation & Evidence Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!