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REVOCATOR

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Recalled. This word is used when a judgment is annulled for an error in fact, the judgment is then said to be recalled, revocatur; and not reversed, which is the word used when a judgment is annulled for an error in law. Tidd's Pr. 1126. … [Read more...]

REVISE

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To review, re-examine for correction; to go over a thing for the purpose) of. amending, correcting, rearranging; or otherrwise. Be improving it; as, to revise statutes or a judgment. … [Read more...]

REVOCATUR

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Lat. It is recalled. This is the term, in English practice, appropriate to signify that a judgment is annulled or set aside for error in fact; if for error in law, it is then said to be reversed. … [Read more...]

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