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RETENTION OF TITLE

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Where a seller will retain title and which will only be transferred upon the completion of payment to the seller. … [Read more...]

RETINENTIA

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A retinue, or persons retained by ai prince or nobleman. Cowell. … [Read more...]

RETRACTUS FEUDALIS

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L. Lat. In old Scotch law. The power which a superior possessed of paying off a debt due to an ad-Judging creditor, and taking a conveyance to the adjudication. BelL … [Read more...]

RETIRE

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1. To cease permanently from productivity. 2. To cease working permanently and leave the employment sector. 3. To leave a room to go elsewhere for a prolonged period, such as a jury retiring from a courtroom to deliberate privately in the jury room. 4. As applied to bills of exchange, this word is ambiguous. It is commonly used of an indorser who takes up a bill by handing the … [Read more...]

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