To buy back. To liberate an qstate or article from mortgage or pledge by paying the debt for which it stood as secu-rity. To repurchase ln a literal sense; as, to redeem one’s land from a tax-sale. See Max-well v. Foster, 67 S. C. 877, 45 8. E. 927; Mlller v. Ratterman, 47 Ohlo St 141, 24 N. E. 496; Swearingen ?. Roberts, 12 Neb. 833, 11 N. W. 825; Pace ?. Bartles, 47 N. J. Eq. 170, 20 Ati. 352