A measurement that is used to determine how valid an action or process is.
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REASONABLE TIME
Period determined from trade practice, custom, trade practice, or from circumstances like those at issue, as the time required completing a transaction or contract without a specific maturity date .
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REASSIGNMENT
a term for the transfer of property, an assignment, by the assignee to another person.
REASSURANCE
This is where an insurer procures the whole or a part of the sum which he has insured (i. e., contracted to pay in case of loss, death, etc.) to […]
REASSURED
This term refers to a company that obtains reinsurance coverage
REATTACHMENT
A second attachment of him who was formerly attached, and dismissed the court without day, by the not coming of the justices, or some such casualty. Reg. Orig. 35.
REB OUTER
To repel or bar. The action of the heir by the warranty of his ancestor is called “to rebut or repel.” 2 Co. Litt 247.
REBATE
Discount; reducing the interest of money in consideration of prompt payment. Also a deduction from a stipulated premium on a policy of insurance , in pur- suance of an antecedent […]
REBEL
The name of rebels is given to all subjects who unjustly take up arms against the ruler of the society, [or the lawful and constitutional government,] whether their view be […]
REBELLION
Deliberate, organized resistance, by force and arms, to the laws or operations of the government, committed by a subject See Hubbard v. Harnden Exp. Co., 10 R. I. 247; State […]
REBELLIOUS ASSEMBLY
In English law . A gathering of twelve persons or more, intending, going about, or practicing unlawfully and of their own authority to change any laws of the realm; or […]
REBOOK FEE
This term refers to a charge paid by the passenger to change his or her travel from one date to another date.
REBOOKING
This term refers to a charge paid by the passenger to change his or her ticket; does not refer to a reissuance.
REBUILDING
This term refers to the returning of something back to its original factory specifications, by carrying out replacement of parts or repair as necessary. See also reconditioning , refurbishing , […]
REBUS SIC STANTIBUS
Lat. At this point of affairs; in these circumstances .
REBUT
In pleading and evidence. To rebut is to defeat or take away the effect of something. Thus, when- a plaintiff in an action produces evidence which raises a pre- sumption […]
REBUT AN EQUITY
a term that means to deny and to defeat a claim that seems to be just by producing evidence that the claim is in fact unjustified.
REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION
In the law of evidence . A presumption which may be rebutted by evidence. Otherwise called a “disputable” presumption. A species of legal presumption which holds good until disproved. Best, […]
REBUTTAL
The introduction of rebut ting evidence; the stage of a trial at which such evidence may be introduced; also the rebutting evidence itself. Lux v. Haggiu, 69 Cal. 255, 10 […]
REBUTTAL EVIDENCE
the term that is given to testimony and evidence that shows that the evidence that was presented by the opposing party is not true.
REBUTTER
In pleading. A defendant’s answer of fact to a plaintiff’s surrejoinder ; the third pleading in the series on REBUTTING EVIDENCE 995
RECAEE
In International law . To summon a diplomatic minister back to his home court, at the same time depriving him of his office and functions.
RECAEE A JUDGMENT
To revoke, cancel, vacate, or reverse a judgment for matters of fact; when it is annulled by reason of errors of law, it is said to be “reversed.”
RECALL
1. Remembrance of what has been heard, seen. Also, see: recall test . 2. Removal of a contaminated or defective good by its manufacturer , either voluntarily or when forced […]