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  reputational evidence.See reputation evidence under EVIDENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

  reputation,n. The esteem in which a person is held by others. • Evidence of reputation may be introduced as proof of character whenever character evidence is admissible. Fed. R. Evid. 405. — Also termed personal reputation. [Cases: Criminal Law 375; Evidence 106; Witnesses 338. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 816–818; Evidence §§ 495–497, 499–502, 504–506;…

repurchase price.See redemption price under PRICE. [Blacks Law 8th]

  repurchase agreement.A short-term loan agreement by which one party sells a security to another party but promises to buy back the security on a specified date at a specified price. — Often shortened to repo. [Cases: Corporations 82, 120. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 180–181, 193–195, 239–241.] [Blacks Law 8th]

  repurchase,n. The act or an instance of buying something back or again; esp., a corporation’s buying back of some or all of its stock at market price. See REDEMPTION. [Cases: Corporations 82, 120. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 180–181, 193–195, 239–241.] — repurchase,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

  repugnant verdict.See VERDICT. [Blacks Law 8th]

  repugnant (ri-p<<schwa>>g-n<<schwa>>nt), adj. Inconsistent or irreconcilable with; contrary or contradictory to <the court’s interpretation was repugnant to the express wording of the statute>. [Blacks Law 8th]

  repugnancy (ri-p<<schwa>>g-n<<schwa>>n-see). An inconsistency or contradiction between two or more parts of a legal instrument (such as a contract or statute). [Cases: Contracts 162; Statutes 207. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 324, 326.] [Blacks Law 8th]

  repudium (ri-pyoo-dee-<<schwa>>m), n. [Latin] Roman law. The revocation of betrothal or marriage by either the man or the woman. • After Augustus, it was necessary to send the other spouse a letter of repudiation in order to terminate the marriage. Cf. DIVORTIUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

repudiator (ri-pyoo-dee-ay-t<<schwa>>r). One who repudiates; esp., a party who repudiates a contract. [Cases: Contracts 313. C.J.S. Contracts § 534.] [Blacks Law 8th]