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REDDENDUM

Lat In conveyancing. Rendering; yielding. The technical name of that clause in a conveyance by which the grantor creates or reserves some new tiling to himself, out of what he had before

REFECTION

In the civil law. Reparation ; re-establishment of a building. Dig. 19, 1, 6. 1.

REG GEN

An abbreviation of “Regula Generalis,” a general rule, (of court.)

REGIME

In French law. A system of rules or regulations.

REGULAR

According to rule; as distinguished from that which violates the rule or follows no rule. According to rule; as opposed to that which constitutes an exception to the rule or is not

RELAXARE

In old conveyancing. To release. Relaxavi, relaxasse, luive released. Litt.

RELOCATIO

Lat In the civil law. A renewal of a lease on Its determination. It may be either express or tacit; the latter Is when the tenant holds over with the knowledge and

REMITTANCE

Money sent by one person to another, either in specie, bill of ex- change, check, or otherwise.

RENOUNCE

To reject; cast off; repudiate ; disclaim ; forsake; abandon ; divest one’s self of a right, power, or privilege. Usually it implies an affirmative act of dis- claimer or disavowal.

REPRESENTATIVE

or “Coke.” They are divided into thirteen parts, and the modern editions are in six volumes, including the index.

REPUDIATION

Rejection; disclaimer; renunciation; the rejection or refusal of an offered or available right or privilege, or of a duty or relation. See Iowa State Sav. Bank v. Black, 91 Iowa, 490, 59

RESCRIPTION

In French law. A re- scription is a letter by which one requests some one to pay a certain sum of money, or to account for him to a third person for

RESIGNEE

One in favor of whom a resignation is made. 1 Bell, Comm. 125

RESPONDENT

The party who makes an answer to a bill or other proceeding in chancery. The party who appeals against the judgment of au inferior court is termed the “ap- pellant;” and he

RETONSOR

L. Lat. In old English law. A clipper of money. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 20,

RETROCESSION

In the civil law. When the assignee of heritable rights conveys his rights back to the cedent, it is called a “retrocession.” Ersk. Inst. 3, 5, 1.

REVENDICATION

In the civil law. The right of a vendor to reclaim goods sold out of the possession of the purchaser, where the price was not paid. Story, Confl. Laws,

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