Discount; reducing the Interest of money In consideration of prompt payment Also a deduction from a stipulated premium on a policy of insurance, in pursuance of an antecedent contract. Also a deduction or drawback from a stipulated payment, charge, or rate, (as, a rate for the transportation of freight by a railroad,) not taken out in advance of payment, but handed back to the … [Read more...] about REBATE
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Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J.
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REASONABLE BELIEF
That which an ordinary person of average intelligence and sound mind would believe. Frequently used with regard to probable cause for arrest. … [Read more...] about REASONABLE BELIEF
REBEL
A citizen or subject who unjustly and unlawfully takes up arms against the constituted authorities of the nation, to deprive them of the supreme power, either by resisting their lawful and constitutional orders, in some particular matter, or to impose on them conditions. Vattel, Droit des Gens, liv. 3, Section 328. In another sense it signifies a refusal to obey a superior, or … [Read more...] about REBEL
REAL PROPERTY
Land, buildings or equipment or other objects that not movable and permanently affixed to the property. (A) A term for real estate that includes the land and anything permanently attached to the land like a building, home, trees and other permanent fixtures. (B) That which consists of land, and of all rights and profits arising from and annexed to land, of a permanent, … [Read more...] about REAL PROPERTY
