Definitions of restatement
(The Restatements) a series of respected treatises on the current state of the law, published by the American Law Institute. The Restatements are summaries of different areas of the law. They are influential and respected, although are not binding as law unless already adopted by the highest court of a particular jurisdiction.
The Restatements of the Law are valuable secondary sources.
the act of saying or writing the same thing again, sometimes in a slightly different way
The court's judgment appeared to be a restatement of the old law and a rejection of the decision in Smith.