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Reinstate

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To restore to a state or office from which one has been removed. See 86 Ky. 186, 5 S. W. 567.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To restore to a state from which one has been removed. South v. Com’rs of Sinking Fund, 86 Ky. 190, 5 S. W. 567.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To place again in a former state, condition or office; to restore to a state or position from which the object or person had been removed. See Collins v. U. S., 15 Ct Cl. 22.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

To restore to former-position with reference to other persons or things. When' the President is authorized by law to reinstate a discharged army officer, as by act of March 3, 1879 (20 St. L. 484), he may do so without the advice and consent of the Senate; and the right of such officer to pay for the period he was out of the service depends upon the will of Congress as expressed in the enactment.^