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In Contracts. A statement made by one of two contracting parties to the other, before or at the time of making the contract, in regard to some fact circumstance, or state of facts pertinent to the contract, which is influential In bringing about the agreement. In insurance. A collateral statement, either by writing not inserted in the policy or by parol, of such facts or … [Read more...] about REPRESENTATION

Lat. In the dvil law and old English pleading. To reply; to answer a defendant's plea. … [Read more...] about REPLICARE

A fiction of the law, the effect of which is to put the representative in the place, degree, or right of the person represented. 2. The heir represents his ancestor. Bac. Abr. Heir and Ancestor, A. The devisee, his testator; the executor, his testator; the administrator, his intestate; the successor in corporations, his predecessor. And generally speaking they are entitled to … [Read more...] about REPRESENTATION OF PERSONS

Latin: In the civil law and old English pleading. The plaintiffs answer to the defendant's exception or plea; corresponding with and giving name to the replication in modern pleading. Inst. 4, 14, pr. … [Read more...] about REPLICATIO

In pleading. A reply made by the plaintiff in an action to the defendant's plea, or in a suit in chancery to the defendant's answer. General and special. In equity practice, a general replication is a general denial of the truth of defendant's plea or answer, and of the sufficiency of the matter alleged in it to bar the plaintiff's suit and an assertion of the truth and … [Read more...] about REPLICATION