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In old English law. Restraint; detainment; withholding. … [Read more...] about RETENEMENTUM

In practice. A second summons.. The calling a person a second time to answer an action, where the first summons is defeated upon any occasion; as the death of a party, or the like, Cowell. … [Read more...] about RESUMMONS

To reassume; to promise again; as, the resumption of payment of specie by the banks is general. It also signifies to take things back; as the government has resumed the possession of all the lands which have not been paid for according to the requisitions of the law, and the contract of the purchasers. … [Read more...] about RESUMPTION

Where copyhold land has been mortgaged by surrender, and the mortgagee has been admitted, then, on the mortgage debt being paid off, the mortgagor is entitled to have the land reconvened to him, by the mortgagee surrendering it to the lord to his use. This is called a "resurrender." 2 Dav. Conv. 1332a … [Read more...] about RESURRENDER

To sell by small parcels, and pot in the gross. To sell in small quantities. Retailer of merchandise. A merchant who buys, articles in gross or merchandise in large quantities, and sells the same by single articles or in small quantities. … [Read more...] about RETAIL