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In Scotch law. To rescind or annul. … [Read more...] about REDUCE

Latin: In the civil law, To have again; to have back; to cause a seller to have again what he had before. … [Read more...] about REDHIBERE

Latin for reduction to the point of being absurd. An argument that attacks a proposition by pointing out the absurd conclusion to be reached. … [Read more...] about REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM

civil law, and in Louisiana. The avoidance of a sale on account of some vice or defect in the thing sold, which renders it absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and imperfect, that it must be supposed that the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice. Civ. Code of Lo. 2496. Redhibition is also the name of an action which the purchaser of a defective … [Read more...] about REDHIBITION

In Scotch law. An action brought for the purpose of rescinding, annulling, or cancelling some bond, contract, or other instrument in writing. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 4, pp. 158, 159. In French law. Abatement. When a parent gives away, whether by gift inter vivos or by legacy, more than his portion dis poniole, (q. v.) the donee or legatee is required to submit to have his gift … [Read more...] about REDUCTION