Waste energy from heat that is captured and put to use, such as in a jet engine where exhaust is mixed with fuel and ignited in the afterburner to obtain […]
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RECOVERED MATERIAL
This term refers to the byproducts, parts or components of a waste stream that has been captured and separated for reuse.
RECOVEREE
In old conveyancing . The party who suffered a common recovery .
RECOVERER
The demandant in a common recovery , after judgment has been given in his favor.
RECOVERY
prevent any alteration of It 1 Ld. Rayin. 211. An order or allowance that the verdict returned on the nisi prius roll be recorded.
RECOVERY PERIOD
1. Economics: The period during which an economy begins to pull out of the trough after a recession. 2. Accounting: The designated period for the depreciation of a firm’s assets.
RECOVERY RATE
The percent a creditor or claim gets after a bankruptcy is filed. Refer to lossgiven default and recovery.
RECOVERY STRATEGY
Method chosen by an organization to restore operations to normal following a disaster. It includes (1) manual operations, (2) suspending data processing (3) arrange a service provider and (4) backing […]
RECREANT
Coward or craven. The word pronounced by a combatant in the trial by battel, when he acknowledged himself beaten. 3 Bl. Comm. 340.
RECRIMINATION
A charge made by an accused person against the accuser; in particular a counter-charge of adultery or cruelty made by one charged with the same offense in a suit for […]
RECROSS-EXAMINATION
an additional cross-examination of the witness.
RECRUIT
A newly-enlisted soldier.
RECRUITER
Person that fills job openings in organizations. Recruiters work from resumes or by soliciting qualified individuals. A recruiter’s job includes reviewing job experiences, negotiating salaries, and placing candidates in proper […]
RECRUITMENT
The process of identifying and hiring the most qualified candidate either from within or outside of an company for a job vacancy in a most timely and cost effective way.
RECTA PRISA REGIS
In old English law . The king’s right to prisage, or taking of one butt or pipe of wine before and another behind the mast, as a custom for every […]
RECTIFICATION
Rectification of instrument . In English law . To rectify is to correct or define something which is erroneous or doubtful. Thus, where the parties to an agreement have determined […]
RECTIFIER
As used in the United States internal revenue laws, this term is not confined to a person who runs spirits through charcoal, but is applied to any one who rectifies […]
RECTIFY
this is a term that means to correct or to amend an incorrect statement or to explain something in a better way.
RECTITUDO
Lat Right or justice; legal dues; tribute or payment. Cowell.
RECTO
Right hand page of an open publication , usually odd numbered. The title of a book appears always on this page, and so does the contents, preface, introduction , chapter […]
RECTO DE ADVOCATIONE EC- CLESI^E
A writ which lay at common law , where a man had right of advowson of a church, and, the parson dying, a stranger had presented. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 30.
RECTO DE CUSTODIA TERRSE ET HXREDIS
A writ of right of ward of the land and heir. Abolished.
RECTO DE DOTE
A writ of right of dower, which lay for a widow who had received part of her dower, and demanded the residue, against the heir of the husband or his […]
RECTO DE DOTE UNDE NIHIL HABET
A writ of right of dower whereof the widow had nothing, which lay where her deceased husband, having divers lands or tenements, had assured no dower to his wife, and […]
RECTO DE RATIONABILI PARTE
A writ of right , of the reasonable part, which lay between privies in blood; as brothers in gavelkind, sisters, and other coparceners , for land in fee-simple. Fitzh. Nat […]