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  • REFORMATORY SCHOOLS
    In English law. Schools to which convicted juvenile offenders (under sixteen) may be sent by order of the court before which they are tried, if the offense be punishable with penal servitude or imprisonment, and the sentence be to imprisonment for ten days or more. Wharton.
  • REFRESHER
    In English law. A further pr additional fee to counsel in a long 'case, which may be, but is not necessarily, allowed on taxation.
  • REFRESHING THE MEMORY
    The act of a witness who consults his documents, memoranda, or books, to bring more distinctly to his recollection the details of past events or transactions, concerning which he is testifying.
  • REFUND
    To repay or restore; to return money had by one party of another See RacklhT v. Greenbush, 93 Me. 99, 44 Atl. 375; Maynard v. Mechanics' Nat Bank, 1 Brewst. (Pa.) 484; Gutch v. Fosdlck, 48 N. J. Eq. 353, 22 Atl. 590, 27 Am. St. Rep. 473. -Refunding bond. More...
  • REFUSAL
    The act of one who has, by law, a right and power of having or doing something of advantage, and declines it Also, the declination of a request or demand, or the omission to comply with seme requirement of law, as the result of a positive intention to disobey. In More...
  • REFUTANTIA
    In old records An acquittance or acknowledgment of renouncing all future claim. Cowell.
  • REG. GEN.
    An abbreviation of "Reglia Generalia," a general rule, (of court)
  • REG. JUD.
    An abbreviation of "Regittrum Judioiale" the register of judicial writs.
  • REG. LIB.
    An abbreviation of "Regestrar Liber," the register's book in chancery, containing all decrees.
  • REG. ORIG.
    An abbreviation of "IRegistrum Originle" the register of original writs.
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