That which is contrary to what is stated before, or Insensible. A repugnant condition is void. Repntatio est vulgaris opinio nbi non est Veritas. Et vulgaris opinio est duplex, seil.t Opinio vulgaris orta inter graves et dlseretos homines, et qust vultum veritatis habet; et opinio tan turn orta inter loves et vnlgares bo-mines, absque speeie veritatis. Reputation is common … [Read more...] about REPUGNANT
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
A government in the republican form; a government of the people; it is usually put in opposition to a monarchical or aristocratic government. 2. The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution, directs that the United States shall guaranty to every state in the Union a republican form of government. The form of government is to be guarantied, which supposes a form … [Read more...] about REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
REPUDIATION
Rejection; disclaimer; renunciation; the rejection or refusal of an offered or available right or privilege, or of a duty or relation. See Iowa State Sav. Bank v. Black, 91 Iowa, 490, 59 N. W. 283; Daley v. Saving Ass'n, 178 Mass. 13, 59 N. E. 452. The refusal on the part of a state or government to pay its debts, or its declaration that its obligations, previously contracted, … [Read more...] about REPUDIATION
REPUTATION
A person's credit, honor, character, good name. Injuries to one's reputation, which is a personal right, are defamatory and malicious words, libels, and malicious indictments or prosecutions. Reputation of a person is the estimate in which he is held by the public in the place where he is known. Cooper v. Greeley, 1 Denio (N. Y.) 347. In the law of evidence, matters of public … [Read more...] about REPUTATION
REPUGNANCY
(A) contracts. That which in a contract, is inconsistent with something already contracted for; as, for example, where a man by deed grants twenty acres of land, excepting one, this latter clause is repugnant, and is to be rejected. But if a farm or tract of land is conveyed by general terms, in exception of any number of acres, or any particular lot, it is not repugnant, but … [Read more...] about REPUGNANCY