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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 pursuance of an antecedent contract. Also a deduction or drawback from a stipulated payment, charge, or rate, (as, a rate for the transportation of freight by More...

Discount; reducing the Interest of money In consideration of prompt payment Also a deduction from a stipulated premium on a policy of insurance, in pursuance of an antecedent contract. Also a deduction or drawback from a stipulated payment, charge, or rate, (as, a rate for the transportation of freight by a railroad,) not taken out in advance of payment, but handed back to the payer after he has paid the full stipulated sum. Less...
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 to deprive him of the supreme authority or to resist his lawful commands in some particular instance, and to impose More...

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 to deprive him of the supreme authority or to resist his lawful commands in some particular instance, and to impose conditions on him. Vatt. Law Nat bk. 3, I 288. Less...
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 v. McDonald, 4 Port. (Ala.) 455; Crashley v. Press Pub. Co., 74 App. Div. 118, 77 N. Y. Supp. More...

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 v. McDonald, 4 Port. (Ala.) 455; Crashley v. Press Pub. Co., 74 App. Div. 118, 77 N. Y. Supp. 711. In old English law, tbe term "rebellion" was also applied to contempt of a court manifested by disobedience to its process, particularly of the court of chancery. If a defendant refused to appear, after attachment and proclamation, a "commission of rebellion" Issued against him. 3 Bl. Comm. 444. Less...
REBELLIOUS ASSEMBLY
In English law. A gathering of twelve persons or more, intending, going about, or practicing unlawfully and of their own authority to thange any laws of the realm; or to destroy the Inclosure of any park or ground Inclosed, banks of fish-ponds, pools, conduits, eict to the intent the same More...

In English law. A gathering of twelve persons or more, intending, going about, or practicing unlawfully and of their own authority to thange any laws of the realm; or to destroy the Inclosure of any park or ground Inclosed, banks of fish-ponds, pools, conduits, eict to the intent the same shall remain void; or that they shall have way in any of the said grounds; or to destroy the deer in any park, fish in ponds, coneys in any warren, dove-houses, etc.; or to burn sacks of corn; or to abate rents or prices of victuals, etc. See Cowell. Less...
REBOUTER
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.

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. Less...
REBUS SIC STANTIBUS
Lat At this point of affairs; in these circumstances.

Lat At this point of affairs; in these circumstances. Less...
REBUT
In pleading and evidence. To rebut is to defeat or take away the effect ot something. Thus, when a plaintiff in an action produces evidence which raises a presumption of the defendant's liability, and the defendant adduces evidence which shows that the presumption is ill-founded, he Is said to "rebut More...

In pleading and evidence. To rebut is to defeat or take away the effect ot something. Thus, when a plaintiff in an action produces evidence which raises a presumption of the defendant's liability, and the defendant adduces evidence which shows that the presumption is ill-founded, he Is said to "rebut it" Sweet. In the old law of real property, to rebut was to repel or bar a claim. Thus, when a person was sued for land which had been warranted to him by the plaintiff or his ancestor, and he pleaded the warranty aa a defense to the action, this was called a "rebutter." Co. Litt. 865a; Termes de la Ley. -Robnt an eqnity. To defeat an apparent equitable right or claim, by the introduction of evidence showing that, in the particular circumstances, there is no ground for such equity to attach, or that it is overridden by a superior or countervailing equity. See 2 Whart Ev. f 973. Less...
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.

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. Less...
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.

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. Less...
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.

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. Less...

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