To reject; cast ofT; re-pudiate; disclaim; forsake j abandon ; divest one's self of a right, power, or privilege. Usually it Implies an affirmative act of dis-dalmer or disavowal
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Fr. A place appolnt-ed for meeting. Especially used of places appointed for the assembling of troops, the coining together of the ships of a fleet, or tbe meeting of vessels and thelr convoy
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One who has changed his profession of faith or opinion; one who has deserted hls church or party
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or RENIANT. In old Eng-Hsh law. Denylng. 32 Hen. VIII. c. 2
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A sudden meetlng; as opposed to a duel, wbich is deliberate
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In practice. A transfer of a suit or cause out of one court into an-other, which is effected by writ of error, certiorari, and the like. 11 Coke, 41
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The actual transfer of a pauper, by order of a court having jurisdiction, from a poor district in which he has no settlement, bnt upon which he has become a charge, to the district of hls domicile or settlement
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1. An order of court directing the removal of a pauper from the poor district upon which he has illegally become a charge to the district in which he has his settlement
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The transfer of a cause from one court to another; com-monly used of the transfer of the Jurisdlc-tion and cognizance of an action commenced but not finally determined, with all further proceedings therein, from one trial court to another trial court. More particularly, the transfer of 'a cause, before trial or final hearing thereof, from a state court to the United States circuit court, under the acts of congress in that behalf
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want of dose connection between a wrong and the Injury, as cause and effect, whereby the party injured cannot claim compensation from the wrongdoer. wharton
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when the fact or facts proposed to be estabUsh
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Expostulation; showing of reasons against something pro-posed; a representation made to a court or legislative body wherein certain persons unite in urging that a contemplated measure be not adopted or passed. See Girvin v. Simon, 127 Cal. 491, 59 Pac. 945; In re Mercer Coun-ty License Applications, 8 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 45
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This word is used in law chiefly as the antithesis of “proximate,” and conveys the idea of mediateness or of the intervention of somethlng else
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The returning or sending back by a court of appeal of the record and proceedings in a cause, after its decision thereon, to the court whence the appeal came, in order that the cause may be tried anew, (where it is so ordered,) or that judgment may be entered in accordance with the decision on appeal, or execution be issued, or any other necessary action be taken in the court below
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Lat An entry on the record, by which the plaintiff declares that he remits a part of the damages which have been awarded him
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Lat. In prac-tice. An entry made on record, in cases where a jury has given greater damages than a plaintiff has declared for, remitting the ex-cess. 2 Tidd, Pr. 896
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A person to whom a re-mittance is made. Story, Bailm. $ 75
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The relation back of a later defective title to an earlier valid title. Remitter is where he who has the true property or jus proprietatis in lands, but is out of possession thereof, and has no right to enter without recovering possession in an action, has afterwards the freehold cast upon him by some subsequent and of course defective title. In this case he is remitted, or sent back by operation of law, to his ancient and more cer-tain title. The right of entry which he has gained by a bad title shall be ipso facto an-nexed to his own Inherent good one; and his defeasible estate shall be utterly defeated and annulled by the instantaneous act of law, without his participation or consent. 3 BL Comm. 19
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Tbe act of sending hack to custody; an annulment, wharton
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Money sent by one per-son to another, either in specie, bill of ex-change, check, or otherwise
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This term imports the doing of the act in question in a tardy, neg-ligent, or careless manner; hut it does not apply to the entire omission or forbearance of the act. Baldwin v. United States Tel. Co., 6 Abb. Prac. N. S. (N. I.) 423
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To send or transmit; as to remit money. Potter v. Morland, 3 Cush. (Mass.) 388; Hollowell v. Life Ins. Co., 126 N. C. 398, 35 S. E. 610
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