A yielding and delivering back of a thing. Redelivery bond. A bond given to a sheriff or other officer, who has attached or levied on personal property, to obtain the release and repossession of the property, conditioned to redeliver the property to the officer or pay him its value in case the levy or attachment is adjudged good. See Drake v. Sworts, 24 Or. 198, 33 Pac 663. … [Read more...] about REDELIVERY
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RECUSE
To withdraw. See recusal. … [Read more...] about RECUSE
REDEMISE
A regranting of land demised or leased. … [Read more...] about REDEMISE
RECRIMINATION
A charge made by an accused person against the accuser; in particular a counter-charge of adultery or cruelty made by one charged with the same offense in a suit for divorce, against the person who has charged him or her. Wharton. Recrimination is a showing by the defendant of any cause of divorce against the plaintiff, in bar of the plaintiffs cause of divorce. … [Read more...] about RECRIMINATION
RECTO, BREVE DE
A writ of right which was of so high a nature that as other writs in real actions were only to recover the possession of the land, etc., in question, this aimed to recover the seisin and the property, and thereby both the rights of possession and property were tried together. Cowell. … [Read more...] about RECTO, BREVE DE