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RETRY A CASE

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To refile and litigate a case again, usually used in criminal law when a case was dismissed without prejudice as a result of a hung jury or error during trial. … [Read more...]

RETRACT

TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.

To withdraw a proposition or offer before it has been accepted. 2. This the party making it has a right to do is long as it has not been accepted; for no principle of law or equity can, under these circumstances, require him to persevere in it. 3. The retraction may be express, as when notice is given that the offer is withdrawn; or, tacit as by the death of the offering party, … [Read more...]

RETENTION

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Scottish law. The right which the possessor of a movable has, of holding the same until he shall be satisfied for his claim either against such movable or the owner of it; a lien. 2. The right of retention is of two kinds, namely, special or general. 1. Special retention is the right of withholding or retaining property of goods which are in one's possession under a contract, … [Read more...]

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