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In Scotch law. A receiver of stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen

A clause in a deed or other instrument of conveyance by which the

The receiving or harboring an outlawed person. Cowell

O. Reservlng. In old cou-veyancing. An apt word of reservlng a rent. Co. Litt. 47a

L. Fr. Rescelt; receipt; the receiving or harboring a felon, after the com-mlsteion of a crime. Britt c. 23

In English law. The second sealing of a writ by a master so as to continue it, or to cure it of an irregu-larity

In old English law. A rescuer; one who commits a rescous. Cro. Jac. 419; Oowell

The act of forcibly and inten-tionally. dellverlng a person from lawful arrest or imprisonment, and setting hlm at llberty. 4 Bl. Comm. 131; Code Ga. $ 4478; Robinson v. State, 82 Ga. 535, 9 S. E. 528

In French law. A re-scriptlon is a letter by which one requests some one to pay a certain sum of money, or to account for him to a thlrd person for lt. Poth. Cont de Change, no. 225

Lat In the civil law. A species of imperial constitution, ln the form of an answer to some application or petition; a rescript Calvin

In canon law. A term ln-cludlng any form of apostolical letter emanating from the pope. The answer of the pope ln wrltlng. Dlct. Drolt Can

In Scotch law. One to rescind or annul a deed or contract

Rescue. The taking back by force goods which had been taken under a distress, or the violently taking away a man who is nnder arrest, and setting him at liberty, or otherwise procuring his escape, are both so denominated. This was also the name of a wrlt whlch lay in cases of rescue. Co. Litt. […]

Rescission, or the act of rescinding, is where a contract is canceled, annulled, or abrogated hy the parties, or one of them

To abrogate, annul, avold, or cancel a contract; particularly, nullifying a contract by the act of a party. See Powell v. Linde Co., 29 Misc. Rep. ‘419, 60 N. Y. Supp. 1044; Hurst v. Trow Printing Co., 2 Misc. Rep. 861, 22 N. Y. Supp. 871

Lat In the civU law. An annulling; avoiding, or making void; abro-gation; rescission. Cod. 4, 44

In old English practice. An admission or receiving a third person to plead hls right in a cause formerly com

In Scotch law. Inferior fiefs; portlons of a fief or feud granted out to lnferior tenants. 2 Bl. Comm. 57

An asking or petition; the expression of a desire to some person for something to be granted or done; particu-iarly for the payment of a debt or performance of a contract

A demand ln writing, or formal request or requirement Bain ?. State, 61 Ala. 79; Atwood v. Charlton, 21 R. I. 568, 45 AtL 580

Accepted by general, vulgar, or publlc opinion. Thus, land may be reputed part of a manor, though uot really so, and a certain dlstrict may be reputed a parish or a manor, or be a parish or a manor in reputation, although lt is in reality no parish or manor at all. Brown

NANT. That which is contrary to what ls stated before, or insensible. A repugnant condition is void

In English law. Deductions REPUDIATE. To pnt away, reject, dis-and duties which are yearly paid out of a claim, or renounce a right, duty, obligation, manor and lands, as rent-charge, rent seck, or privilege

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The re-execution or re-establishment by a testator of a wlll which he had once revoked

A commonwealth; a form of government which derives all Its powers dlrectly or indirectly from the general body of citizens, and in which the executive power ls lodged ln officers chosen by and represent-ing the people, and holding office for a limited period, or at most during good behavior or at the pleasure of the […]

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In old records. Money paid by servile tenants for exemption from the customary duty of reaping tor the lord. CowelL

In ecclesiastical law. The interposition of objections or exceptions; as, to the competency of witnesses, to the due execution of Instruments offered in evidence and the like

A publlc and formal censure or severe reproof, administered to a person In fault by hls superior officer or by a body to which he belongs. Thus, a member of a legislative body may be reprimanded by the presiding officer, ln pursuance of a vote of censure, for improper conduct in the house. So a […]

In criminal law. The with* drawing of a sentence of death for an in-terval of time, whereby the execution is sus-pended. 4 Bl. Comm. 394. And see Butler v. State, 97 Ind. 374; Sterling v. Drake, 29 Ohio SL 460, 23 Am. Rep. 762; In re Buch-anan, 146 N. Y. 264, 40 N. E. 883

In Contraots

To exhibit; to expose before the eyes. To represent a thing ls to produce it publicly. Dig. 10, 4, 2, 3

A storehouse or place wherein things are kept; a warehouse. Cro. Car. 555

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A person who reports the decisions upon questions of law in the cases adjudged in the several courts of law and equity, wharton

In Scotch practice. To re place; to restore to a former state or right. 2 Alls. Crim. Pr. 351

An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings

or REPLICANT. A litigant who replies or files or delivers a replication

This word, as used ln reference to the action of replevin, signifies to redeliver goods which have been distrained, to the original possessor of them, on his pledging or giving security to prosecute an action against the distrainor for the purpose of trying the legality of the distress. It has also been used to signify […]

In old English law. To let one to mainprise upon surety. CowelL

The plalntlff In an action of replevin

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 lt Is the mode of contesting, lf the party from whom the goods were taken wishes to have them back in specie, whereas, if […]

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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You cause to

To replevy; to redeem a thing detained or taken hy another by pat-ting in legal sureties

In Roman law. The crime of bribery or extortion in a magistrate, or person in any public of-flce. Calvin

To plead anew; to file new pleadings

A repeated, second, or reclprocal dlstress; withernam. 3 Bl. Comm. 148