RES

res (rays or reez or rez), n.[Latin “thing”] 1. An object, interest, or status, as opposed to a person <jurisdiction of the res — the real property in Colorado>. [Cases: Courts 16. C.J.S. Courts § 50.] 2. The subject matter of a trust; CORPUS(1) <the stock certificate is the res of the trust>. [Cases: Trusts…

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RERE-COUNTY

rere-county (reer-kown-tee).Hist. A subsidiary English county court held by the sheriff on the day after the regular county court. — Also spelled rere county; rier county. [Blacks Law 8th]

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REQUISITIONIST

  requisitionist. One who makes a formal demand (as for the performance of an obligation or the return of a fugitive). See REQUISITION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

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REQUISITION

  requisition (rek-w<<schwa>>-zish-<<schwa>>n), n.1. An authoritative, formal demand <a state governor’s requisition for another state’s surrender of a fugitive>. [Cases: Extradition and Detainers 34.] 2. A governmental seizure of property <the state’s requisition of the shopping center during the weather emergency>. See TAKING(2). — requisition,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

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