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The term “redomesticated insurer” means a mutual insurer that has redomesticated pursuant to this subchapter.
The term “redomesticating insurer” means a mutual insurer that is redomesticating pursuant to this subchapter.
The term “redomestication” or “transfer” means the transfer of the domicile of a mutual insurer from one State to another State pursuant to this subchapter.
Sax. Advice; counsel.
In commercial law. A bill of exchange drawn at the place where another bill was made payable, and where it was protested, upon the place where the first bill was drawn, or, when th
To make a redraft.
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reparation of, satisfaction or compensation for, a wrong sustained or the loss resulting from this.
Order carried to fastidious excess. See 55 Ga. 431.
Same as Redobatores.
In Scotch law. To rescind or annul.
the term “reduced leave schedule” means a leave schedule that reduces the usual number of hours per workweek, or hours per workday, of an employee; / The term “reduced leave schedu
In clause (i), the term “reduced payment allowance” means, with respect to an action— (I) under subsection (b)(8)(B), the inherently reasonable charge established under subsection
In this section, the term “reduced prices” means prices for food and other merchandise determined using the price setting process specified in section 2484 of this title .
The term “reduced rate” means a rate of contributions lower than the standard rate applicable under the State law, and the term “standard rate” means the rate on the basis of which
A process is reduced to practice when it is successfully performed. A machine is reduced to practice when it is assembled, adjusted and used. A manufacture is reduced to practice w
To change a chose in action into a tangible possession.
Lat In logic. The method of disproving an argument by showing that It leads to an absurd consequence.
The term “reduction” means measures designed to reduce or eliminate human exposure to lead-based paint hazards through methods including interim controls and abatement. / The term
For purposes of this section, the term “reduction amount” means, with respect to any qualified nuclear power facility for any taxable year, the amount equal to the lesser of— (i) t
By the law of Scotland, the heir in heritage was entitled to reduce all voluntary deeds granted to his prejudice by his predecessor within sixty days preceding the predecessor's de
In Scotch law. One form of the action of reduction, in which falsehood and forgery are alleged against the deed or document sought to be set aside. Bell, Diet.
For purposes of this section, “reduction in force” includes the elimination or modification of a position due to a reorganization, due to a lack of funds or curtailment of work, or
“reduction-in-force procedures” means procedures applied in carrying out any reduction in force due to a reorganization, due to lack of funds or curtailment of work, or due to any
The act of exercising the right conferred by a chose in action, so as to convert it into a chose in possession; thus, a debt is reduced into possession by payment.
Rule 35 refers to the power of a court to reduce a sentence which has already become final in every respect. There is no such finality of sentence at a § 4208(b) preliminary commit
any plant used in the reduction of fish into fish flour, fish meal, fish scrap, fertilizer, fish oil or other fishery products or by-products.
It is said that without a claim the thing described is not reduced to practice. But this seems to us to rest on a false theory helped out by the fiction that by a claim it is reduc
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In pleading. The averment of matter foreign to the issue, or the needless repetition of immaterial averments. 5 Sandf. (N. Y.) 660. which one has lately foregone. See "Entry."
the putting of the silk into the skein form.
employ anew.
“reemployment” means— (A) the reemployment of an employee under section 3582(b) of this title; or (B) the reemployment of a Congressional employee within 90 days from his separatio
The rule that reenactment of a statute after it has been construed by officers charged with its enforcement impliedly adopts the construction applies only when the construction is
"reenter" and "reentry" mean to return or attempt to return, purposefully, a reentry vehicle and its payload or human beings, if any, from Earth orbit or from o
To make or effect a reentry.
Plainly the word 'reentry' is used to describe a case where the landlord, treating the bankruptcy as a breach of the lease, re-enters for condition broken.
The resumption of possession pursuant to a right reserved when the former possession was parted with. See 169 N. Y. 381, 62 N. E. 425. See Writ of Entry.
In this section, the term “reentry court” means a program that— (1) monitors juvenile and adult eligible offenders reentering the community; (2) provides continual judicial supervi
"reentry services" means— (A) activities involved in the preparation of a reentry vehicle and payload, crew (including crew training), government astronaut, or space flig
“reentry site” means the location on Earth to which a reentry vehicle is intended to return (as defined in a license the Secretary issues or transfers under this chapter).
“reentry vehicle” means a vehicle designed to return from Earth orbit or outer space to Earth, or a reusable launch vehicle designed to return from Earth orbit or outer space to Ea
The retaking of possession of land of which one had been disseised.
the term “reestablish” includes site preparation, reforestation of a damaged stand, and timber stand improvement practices, including thinning, prescribed burning, and other practi
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An ancient English officer of justice, inferior in rank to an alderman. He was a ministerial officer appointed to execute process, keep the king's peace, and put the laws in execut
In the zenith an eye in a triangle, surrounded with a glory proper: over the eye, these words, “ Annuit ceptis.” On the base of the pyramid the numerical letters MPCCLXXVI; and und
A second examination of a thing. A witness may be re-examined, in a trial at law, in the discretion of the court; and this is seldom refused. In equity, it is a general rule that t
The expense incurred by a bill's being dishonored in a foreign country, where it is made payable and returned to that country in which it was made or indorsed, and there taken up.
A second extent on lands or tenements, on complaint that the former was partially made, etc. Cowell. REFAL0. A word composed of the three syllables re. fa. lo., for recordari facia
A word composed of the three initial syllables, re. fa. lo., for recordari facias loquelam. 2 Sellon, Prac. 160; 8 Dowl. 514. REFECTION (Lat. re, again, facio, to make). In civil l
Recordari facias loquelam, which see.
To bereave, take away, or rob. Cowell. REFECTION (Lat. re, again, facie, to make). In Civil Law. Reparation; re-establishment of a building. Dig. 19. 1. 6. 1.
Restoration; restitution.
To submit a cause to a reference. See Reference . See, also, 22 Me. 34.
The person to whom a reference (q. V.) is made.
A judicial officer with jurisdiction to hear and determine bankruptcy causes.
A person whose name may be inserted in a bill of exchange by the drawer or an indorser, to whom the holder may resort in case the bill is dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment.
COURT OF. In the passage of private bills through the house of commons, the practice was adopted in 1864 of the appointment of referees on such bills, consisting of the chairman of
OFFICIAL. Officials in the King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in England, created by the judicature acts. They are three in number. They try such questions and acti
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the capability or character of alluding to or bearing on or directing attention to something," and is the equivalent of "relation" and "respect." Id., at 1907.
The term “reference average wholesale price” means, with respect to a specified covered outpatient drug, the average wholesale price for the drug as determined under section 1395u(
The term “reference biological product” means the biological product licensed under such section 262 of this title that is referred to in the application described in subparagraph
See "Referee in Case of Need."
The term “reference listed drug” means the listed drug (as such term is used in section 355(j) of this title ) for the drug involved.
For purposes of this part, the term “reference month” means, with respect to a year, the most recent month during the previous year for which the Secretary determines that data are
The term “reference price” means with respect to a calendar year the Secretary's estimate of the annual average wellhead price per barrel for all domestic crude oil the price of wh
The term “reference product” means the single biological product licensed under subsection (a) against which a biological product is evaluated in an application submitted under sub
The term “reference resident level” means, with respect to a hospital, the highest resident level for any of the 3 most recent cost reporting periods (ending before March 23, 2010)
USED A. GelL Noet. Alt, Auli Gellii Nootes Attioe. A. K. Mmr9h. A. K. Mai'shall's Kentucky Reports. Abb, on Ship. Abbott on Shipping. Adamt Rom. Ant. Adam's Roman Antiquities. Ad.
The term “Reference Standard 90.1” means, with respect to any property, the more recent of— (A) Standard 90.1-2007 published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and
Except as provided in paragraph (3)(A), the term "reference taxable year" means, with respect to any taxpayer for any calendar year, the taxpayer's taxable year beginning
The use of masters is 'to aid judges in the performance of specific judicial duties, as they may arise in the progress of a cause,' ... and not to displace the court.
In the case of subcontracts, as in other cases of express agreements in writing, a reference by the contracting parties to an extraneous writing for a particular purpose makes it a
Under the English practice, when an action is commenced, an entry of it is made in the cause book according to the year, the initial letter of the surname of the first plaintiff, a
The term “reference written determination” means any written determination which has been determined by the Secretary to have significant reference value.
A Roman officer who laid the causes of petitioners before the emperor.
In Saxon law. A master of requests; an officer to whom petitions to the king were referred. Spelman. REFERENDO SINGULA SINGULIS (Lat.) Referring individual or separate words to sep
The words or expressions should be construed distributively.
An ambassador’s submission to his government of a proposition in reference to which he requires further authority in order to act; the submission to popular vote of a proposed meas
Congress has merely placed a restriction upon its own regulation by withholding its operation as to a given market 'unless two-thirds of the growers voting favor it'. ... Here it i
In this section, the term “referral” means the order of a convening authority or, with respect to charges and specifications over which a special trial counsel exercises authority
In public trials in Courts of law, the judges sit to superintend the evidence, and no interested witnesses are, in general, permitted to give evidence to the jury; but referrees oc
The term “refined coal” means a fuel— (i) which— (I) is a liquid, gaseous, or solid fuel produced from coal (including lignite) or high carbon fly ash, including such fuel used as
In the case of a facility that produces refined coal, the term “refined coal production facility” means— (A) with respect to a facility producing steel industry fuel, any facility
The term “refined petroleum product” means any gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, lubricating oil, liquid petroleum gas, or other petroleum distillate that is produced through the re
Verbiage in an indictment which sets forth what is not essential to the constitution of the offense. See 24 N. C. 372.
The term “refiner” means any person engaged in the refining of crude oil to produce motor fuel, and includes any affiliate of such person. / The term “refiner” means any person eng
The term “refinery” means a facility used in the production of a refined petroleum product through distillation, cracking, or any other process.
The term “refit” means a plant closure, for purposes of plant conversion or retooling, that lasts at least 3 months.
The term "reflagging or repair work" means work performed on a vessel— (i) to enable the vessel to meet applicable standards to become a vessel of the United States; or (
See Deliberation; Premeditate.
The term “reforestation” means the act of renewing tree cover, taking into consideration species composition and resilience, by establishing young trees through— (I) natural regene
The term “reforestation expenditures” means direct costs incurred in connection with forestation or reforestation by planting or artificial or natural seeding, including costs— (i)
- Reformdefined inCase LawCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Anderson (1889)Abbott (1879)
to correct; to make anew; to rectify.
In general.—The term "reformable interest" means any interest for which a deduction would be allowable under subsection (a) at the time of the decedent's death but for pa
An act passed by parliament in 1832, drawn by Lord John Russell, which disfranchised 56 boroughs, increased the county representation and increased the electorate. vate the intelle
A name bestowed on the statutes 2 Wm. IV. c. 45, and 30 & 31 Viet c. 102, passed to amend the representation of the pcople in England and Wales; which introduced extended amendment
The equitable remedy of correcting a written instrument which fails to express the real agreement of the parties. See 76 Wis. 66, 44 N. W. 839.
Where an instrument is drawn and executed, which professes, or is intended, to carry into execution, an agreement, whether in writing or by parol, previously entered into, but whic
Reformation is not an incident to an action at law, but can be granted only in equity. When relief is granted also on the contract as reformed, it means only that the court of equi
All places and Institutions in which efforts are made either to cultivate the intellect, instruct the conscience, or improve the conduct; places in which persons voluntarily assemb
In English law. Schools to which convicted juvenile offenders (under sixteen) may be sent by order of the court before which they are tried, lf the offense be punishable with penal