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In Scotch law. A certified copy of a verdict establishing the legal character of a party as heir to a decedent … [Read more...] about RETOUR OF SERVICE

Looking backwards. 2. This word is usually applied to those acts of the legislature, which are made to operate upon some subject, contract or crime which existed before the passage of the acts, and they are therefore called retrospective laws. These laws are generally unjust and are, to a certain extent, forbidden by that article in the constitution of the United States, which … [Read more...] about RETROSPECTIVE

Fr. In French law. A formula put upon a bill of exchange to signify that the drawer waives protest, and will not be responsible for costs arising thereon. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 573. … [Read more...] about RETOUR SANS FRAIS

Fr. Return without protest. A request or direction by a drawer of a bill of exchange that, should the bill be dishonored by the drawee, it may be returned without protest. … [Read more...] about RETOUR SANS PROTET

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 The retraction may be express, as when notice is given that the offer is withdrawn; or, tacit as by the death of the offering party, … [Read more...] about RETRACT