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Ger. Right; justice; equity; the whole body of law; unwritten law; law; also a right Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the practice of the courts, a recess is a short interval or period of time during which the court suspends business, […]

The act of ceding back; the restoration of the title and dominion of a territory, by the government which now holds it, […]

In old Engllsh law. Fresh suit; fresh pursuit Pursuit of a thief immediately after the discovery of the robbery. 1 Bl. Comm. […]

Lat in the civil law. The name sometimes given to an arbitrator, because he had been received or chosen to set-tie the […]

VER. A receiver is an indifler-ent person between the parties appointed by the court to collect and receive the rents, issues, and […]

The short name usually given to the offense of Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

PT. A receipt is the written ac-knowledgment of the receipt of money, or a thing of value, without containing any affirmative obligation […]

OR. A name given in some of the states to a person who receives from the sheriff goods which the latter has […]

A retaking, or taking back. A species of remedy by the mere act of the party injured, (otherwise termed “re-prisal,”) which happens […]

The taking from an en-emy, by a friendly force, a vessel previously taken for prize by such enemy Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

In International law. To summon a diplomatic minister back , to his home court, at the same time depriving him of his […]

To revoke, cancel, vacate, or reverse a judgment for matters of fact; when it is annulled by rea-son of errors of law, […]

In pleadlng. A defend* ant’s answer of fact to a plalntlfTs surre-jolnder; the third pleadlng in the series op Source: Black's Law […]

See Evi-DINCK Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

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The introduction of rebut-ting evidence; the stage of a trial at which such evidence may be introduced; also the rebutting evidence ltself. […]

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In pleading and evidence. To rehut is to defeat or take away the effect of something. Thus, when a plaintiff in an […]

In Eng-lish law. A gathering of twelve persons or more, intending, going about, or practicing unlawfully and of their own authority to […]

To repel or bar. The ac-tion of the heir by the warranty of his ancestor is called “to rebut or repel.” 2 […]

The name of rebels is given to all subjects who unjustly take up arms against the ruler of the society, [or the […]

Deliberate, organized re-sistance, by force and arms, to the laws or operations of the government, committed by a subject See Hubbard v. […]

A second attach-ment of him who was formerly attached, and dismissed the court without day, by the not coinlng of the justlces, […]

Discount; reducing the Interest of money in consideration of prompt payment. Also a deduction from a stlpulat-ed premium on a policy of […]