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REFORMATORY SCHOOLS

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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. … [Read more...]

REFECTION

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In the civil law. Reparation ; re-establishment of a building. Dig. 19, 1, 6M. … [Read more...]

REFRESH

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To reexamine a subject by having a reference to something connected with it. 2. A witness has a right to examine a memorandum or paper which he made in relation to certain facts, when the same occurred, in order to refresh his memory, but the paper or memorandum itself is not evidence. … [Read more...]

REDEUNDO

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Latin: Returning; in re1 turning; while returning. 2 Strange, 985. … [Read more...]

REDRESS

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The act of receiving satisfaction for an injury sustained. … [Read more...]

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