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To correct, rectify, amend, remodel. Instruments inter partes may be reformed, when defective, by a court of equity. By this is meant that the court, after ascertaining the real and original Intention of the parties to a deed or other Instrument, (which intention they failed to sufficiently express, through some error, mistake of fact, or inadvertence,) will decree that the in … [Read more...] about REFORM

The damages or expenses caused by the dishonor and protest of a bill of exchange in a foreign country, where it was payable, and by its return to the place where it was drawn or indorsed, and its being there taken up. Bangor Bank y. Hook, 5 Me. 175. … [Read more...] about RE-EXCHANGE

A name bestowed on the statutes 2 Wm. IV. c. 45, and 30 A 31 Vict c. 102, passed to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales, which introduced extended amendments into the system of electing members of the house of commons. … [Read more...] about REFORM ACTS

In feudal law. Men who, by the tenure or custom of their lands, were to ride with or for the lord of the manor, about his business. Domesday. … [Read more...] about REDMANS

In old English law. Those that buy stolen cloth and turn it into some other color or fashion that it may not be recognized. Redubbers. … [Read more...] about REDOBATORES