The Law Dictionary

Law Dictionary

REPROBATA PECUNIA LEBERAT SOLVENTEM

REPRISES

by

The deductions and payments out of lands, annuities, and the like, are called reprises, because they are taken back; when we speak of the clear yearly value of an estate, we say it is worth so much a year ultra reprises, besides all reprises. 2. In Pennsylvania, lands are not to be sold when the rents can pay the encumbrances in seven years, beyond all reprises. … [Read more...] about REPRISES

REPRISALS

by

war. The forcibly taking a thing by one nation which belonged to another, in return or satisfaction for a injury committed by the latter on the former. 2. Reprisals are used between nation and nation to do themselves justice, when they cannot otherwise obtain it. Congress have the power to grant letters of marque and reprisal. Const. art. 1, s. 8 cl. 11. 3. Reprisals are made … [Read more...] about REPRISALS

REPRIMAND

by

A public and formal censure or severe reproof, administered to a person in fault by his superior officer or by a body to which he belongs. Thus, a member of a legislative body may be reprimanded by the presiding officer, in pursuance of a vote of censure, for improper conduct in the house. So a military officer, in some cases, is punished by a reprimand administered by his … [Read more...] about REPRIMAND

REPRIEVE

by

crim. law practice. This term is derived from reprendre, to take back, and signifies the withdrawing of a sentence for an interval of time, and operates in delay of execution. 4 Bl. Com. 394. It is granted by the favor of the pardoning power, or by the court who tried the prisoner. 3. Reprieves are sometimes granted ex necessitate legis; for example, when a woman is convicted … [Read more...] about REPRIEVE