In old English law. To let one to mainprise upon surety. CowelL
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A personal action ex delicto brought to recover possession of goods unlawfully taken, (generally, hut not only, applicable to the taking of goods distrained for rent,) the validity of which taking it is the mode of contesting, lf the party from whom the goods were taken wishes to have them back in specie, whereas, if he prefer to have damages instead, the validity may be contested by action of trespass or unlawful distress. The word means a redelivery to the owner of the pledge or thing taken in distress, wharton. And see Sinnott v. Felock, 165 N. Y. 444, 59 N. E. 265, 53 L. R. A. 665, 80 Am. St. Rep. 736; Healey v. Humphrey, 81 Fed. 990, 27 C. C. A. 89; Mc-Junkin v. Mathers, 158 Pa. 137, 27 Atl. 873; Tracy ▼. warren, 104 Mass. 377; Lazard v. wheeler, 22 Cal. 142; Maclary v. Turner, 9 Houst (Del.) 281, 32 Atl. 325; Johnson v. Boehme, 66 Ean. 72, 71 Pac. 243, 97 Am. SL Rep. 357
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In canon law. where the revenue of a benefice is sufficient to fill or occupy the whole rlght or title of the gradu-ate who holds it wharton
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To replevy; to redeem a thing detained or taken hy another by pat-ting in legal sureties
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A repeated, second, or reclprocal dlstress; withernam. 3 Bl. Comm. 148
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In Roman law. The crime of bribery or extortion in a magistrate, or person in any public of-flce. Calvin
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In French law. The in-ventory or minutes which notaries make of all contracts which take place before them. Merl. Repert
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In Spanish law, a judicial proceeding for the partition of prop-erty held in common. See Steinbach ▼. Moore, 30 Cal. 505
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The abrogation or annulling of a previously existing law by the enact-ment of a subsequent statute which declares that the former law shall be revoked and abrogated, (whlch is called “express” repeal,) or which contains provisions so contrary to or irreconcilable with those of the earlier law that only one of the two statutes can stand in force, (called “Implied” repeal.) See oakland Pav. Co. v. Hllton, 69 Cal. 479, 11 Pac. 3; Mernaugh ▼. Orlando,* 41 Fla. 433, 27 South. 34; Hunter ▼. Memphis, 93 Tenn. 571, 26 S. W. 828
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The redress of an in-jury; amends for a wrong Inflicted
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Formak-lng repairs. The name of an old writ which lay in various cases; as if, for instance,-there were three tenants in common of a mill or house which had fallen into decay, and one of the three was willing to repair it, and tbe other two not; in such case the party who was willing to repair might have this writ against the others. Cowell; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 127
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Lat The defendant being absent; in the absence of the defend-ant
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Restoration to soundness; supply of loss; reparation; work done to an estate to keep it in good order
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(Said to be corrupted from “rent-roll.") In English law. A roll on which the rents of a manor are registered or set down, and by which the lord's bailiff collects the same. It contains the lands and tenements let to each tenant, the names of the tenants, and other particulars. Cunning-ham; Holthouse
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In French law. Rente is the annual return which represents the revenue of a capital or of an immovable allenated. The coustitution of rente, is a contract by which one of the parties lends to the other a capital which he agrees not to recall, in con-slderatlon of the borrower’s paying an an-nual interest. It is this Interest which is called “rente." Duverger. The word is therefore nearly synonymous with tbe Eng-lish “annuity.”
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At eommon law. A certain profit issuing yearly out of lands and tene-ments corporeal; a species of incorporeal hereditament. 2 Bl. Comm. 41. A compensation or return yielded periodically, to a certain amount, out of the profits of some corporeal hereditaments, by the tenant there-of. 2 Steph. Comm. 23. A certain yearly profit in money, provlslons, chattels, or la-bor, issuing out of lands and tenements, in retribution for the use. 3 Kent, Comm. 460
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In Eng-lish practice. Refusing to take upon one’s self the office of executor or executrix. Re-fusing to take out probate under a will wherein one has been appointed executor or executrix. Holthouse
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Lat. In old English law. To renew. Annuatim renovare, to renew annually. A phrase applied to profits which are taken and the product renewed again. Amb. 13L
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The act of renewlng or reviving. The substitution of a new grant, engagement, or right, in place of one which has expired, of the snme character and on the same terms and conditions as before; as, the renewal of a note, a lease, a patent. See Carter v. Brooklyn L. Ins. Co., 110 N. Y. 15, 17 N. E. 396; Gault v. McGrath, 32 Pa. 392; Kedey v. Petty. 153 Ind. 179, 54 N. E. 798; Pltts v. Hall, 19 Fed. Cas. 758
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