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  • 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, Pres. I 25; 1 Greenl Ev. I 33.
  • REBUTTAL
    The introduction of rebutting evidence; the stage of a trial at which such evidence may be introduced; also the rebutting evidence itself. Lux v. Haggin, 69 Cal. 255, 10 Pac. 674.
  • REBUTTER
    In pleading. A defendant's answer of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder ; the third pleading in the series on the part of the defendant Steph. PI. 59; 8 BL Comm. 310.
  • REBUTTING EVIDENCE
    See EVIDENCE.
  • RECALL
    In International law. To summon a diplomatic minister back , to his home court, at the same time depriving him of his office and functions.
  • RECALL A JUDGMENT
    To revoke, cancel, vacate, or reverse a judgment for matters of fact; when it ia annulled by reason of errors of law, it is said to be "revereed."
  • RECAPTION
    A retaking, or taking hack. A species of remedy by the mere act of the party injured, (otherwise termed "reprisal,") which happens when any one has deprived another of his property in goods or chattels personal, or wrongfully detains one's wife, child, or servant In this case, the owner of More...
  • RECAPTURE
    The taking from an enemy, by a friendly force, a vessel previously taken for prize by such enemy. Reoeditur a plaeitis juris, potins quam injuria) et delicto ntaneant impunita. Positive rules of law as distinguished from maxims or conclusions of reason] will be receded from, [given up or dispensed with,] More...
  • RECEIPT
    A receipt is the written acknowledgment of the receipt of money, or a thing of value, without containing any affirmative obligation upon either party to it; a mere admission of a fact in writing. Krutz v. Craig, 53 Ind. 574. A receipt may be defined to be such a written More...
  • RECEIPTOR
    A name given in some of the states to a person who receives from the sheriff goods which the latter has seized under process of garnishment, on giving to the sheriff a bond conditioned to have the property forthcoming when demanded or when execution issues. Story, Bailm.
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