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In old records. Money paid by servile tenants for exemption from the customary duty of reaping for the lord. Cowell. … [Read more...] about REP-SILVER

Engl. law. Certain notes or requests from persons amenable to the excise laws, to obtain a permit for removing any excisable goods or articles from one place to another. … [Read more...] about REQUEST NOTES

A commonwealth; a form of government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the general body of citizens, and in which the executive power is lodged in officers chosen by and representing the people, and holding office for a limited period, or at most during good behavior or at the pleasure of the people, and in which the legislative power may be (and in … [Read more...] about REPUBLIC

See request for admission. … [Read more...] about REQUEST TO ADMIT

A government in the republican form; a government of the people; it is usually put in opposition to a monarchical or aristocratic government. 2. The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution, directs that the United States shall guaranty to every state in the Union a republican form of government. The form of government is to be guarantied, which supposes a form … [Read more...] about REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT