Rejection; disclaimer; renunciation; the rejection or refusal of an offered or available right or privilege, or of a duty or relation. See Iowa State Sav. Bank v. Black, 91 Iowa, 490, 59 N. W. 283; Daley v. Saving Ass'n, 178 Mass. 13, 59 N. E. 452. The refusal on the part of a state or government to pay its debts, or its declaration that its obligations, previously contracted, … [Read more...]

(A) contracts. That which in a contract, is inconsistent with something already contracted for; as, for example, where a man by deed grants twenty acres of land, excepting one, this latter clause is repugnant, and is to be rejected. But if a farm or tract of land is conveyed by general terms, in exception of any number of acres, or any particular lot, it is not repugnant, but … [Read more...]

Representation to the act of one person representing or standing in the place of another; and he who so represents or stands in the place of another is termed his "representative." Thus, an heir is the representative of the ancestor, and an executor is the representative of the testator, the heir standing in the place of his deceased ancestor with respect to his realty, the … [Read more...]

That which is contrary to what is stated before, or Insensible. A repugnant condition is void. Repntatio est vulgaris opinio nbi non est Veritas. Et vulgaris opinio est duplex, seil.t Opinio vulgaris orta inter graves et dlseretos homines, et qust vultum veritatis habet; et opinio tan turn orta inter loves et vnlgares bo-mines, absque speeie veritatis. Reputation is common … [Read more...]

A form of government where the powers of the sovereignty are delegated to a body of men, elected from time to time, who exercise them for the benefit of the whole nation. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 31. … [Read more...]