An act done by a testator from which it can be concluded that be intended that an instrument which had been revoked by him, should operate as his will; or it is the re-execution of a will by the testator, with a view of giving it full force and effect. 2. The republication is express or implied. It is express when there has been an actual re-execution of it; it is implied when, … [Read more...]

A demand in writing, or formal request or requirement Bain v. State, 61 Ala. 79; Atwood v. Charlton, 21 R. I. 568, 45 Aa 580. In international law. The formal demand by one government upon another, or by the governor of one of the United States upon the governor of a sister state, of the surrender of a fugitive criminal. In Scotch law. A demand made by s creditor that a debt be … [Read more...]

To repudiate a right is to express in a sufficient manner, a determination not to accept it, when it is offered. 2. He who repudiates a right cannot by that act transfer it to another. Repudiation differs from renunciation in this, that by the former he who repudiates simply declares that he will not accept, while he who renounces a right does so in favor of another. … [Read more...]

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...]