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rescissio (ri-sis[h]-ee-oh). [Latin] Civil law. Annulment or voidance of a juridical act; rescission. Pl. rescissiones. [Blacks Law 8th]

rescind (ri-sind), vb.1. To abrogate or cancel (a contract) unilaterally or by agreement. [Cases: Contracts 249. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 422, 424, 427–428, 456, 465–466, 484.] 2. To make void; to repeal or annul <rescind the legislation>.3.Parliamentary law. To void, repeal, or nullify a main motion adopted earlier. — Also termed annul; repeal. — rescindable,adj. rescind…

resceit (ri-seet).Hist. The admittance of an interested third party to plead in a case between two others; intervention. [Blacks Law 8th]

res caduca (rays k<<schwa>>-d[y]oo-k<<schwa>>). [Latin] Civil law. A fallen thing; an escheat. Pl. res caducae. [Blacks Law 8th]

  res aliena scienter legata (rays ay-lee-ee-n<<schwa>> [or al-ee-] sI-en-t<< schwa>>r l<<schwa>>-gay-t<<schwa>>). [Latin] Hist. The property of another knowingly bequeathed — that is, property that a testator did not own but purported to bequeath by will. [Blacks Law 8th]

  res alienari prohibita (rays ay-lee-<<schwa>>-nair-I proh-hib-i-t<<schwa>>). [Law Latin] Hist. A thing that cannot be alienated. [Blacks Law 8th]

resale-price maintenance.A form of price-fixing in which a manufacturer forces or persuades several different retailers to sell the manufacturer’s product at the same price, thus preventing competition. • Resale-price maintenance is per se illegal under antitrust law. But a manufacturer is permitted to suggest a retail price as long as it does not compel retailers…

resale,n.1. The act of selling goods or property — previously sold to a buyer who breached the sales contract — to someone else. UCC § 2-706. [Cases: Sales 332–339. C.J.S. Sales §§ 344–347.] 2. A retailer’s selling of goods, previously purchased from a manufacturer or wholesaler, usu. to consumers or to someone else further down…

res adjudicata (rays <<schwa>>-joo-di-kay-t<<schwa>> or -kah-t<<schwa>>). See RES JUDICATA. [Blacks Law 8th]

res accessoria (rays ak-ses-or-ee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Civil law. An accessory thing; a thing that is related to a principal thing. Pl. res accessoriae. [Blacks Law 8th]