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  repudiation (ri-pyoo-dee-ay-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1.Eccles. law. Rare. A person’s refusal to accept a benefice. 2. A contracting party’s words or actions that indicate an intention not to perform the contract in the future; a threatened breach of contract. Cf. REJECTION(1), (2);   RESCISSION; REVOCATION(1). [Cases: Contracts 313(2). C.J.S. Contracts §§ 534–540.] — repudiatory (ri-pyoo-dee-<<schwa>>-tor-ee), repudiable (ri-pyoo-dee-<<…

  repudiatee (ri-pyoo-dee-<<schwa>>-tee). A party to a contract that has been repudiated by the other party. [Cases: Contracts 313. C.J.S. Contracts § 534.] [Blacks Law 8th]

  repudiate,vb.1. To reject or renounce (a duty or obligation); esp., to indicate an intention not to perform (a contract). [Cases: Contracts 313. C.J.S. Contracts § 534.] 2.Hist. To divorce or disown (one’s wife). [Blacks Law 8th]

  republication,n.1. The act or an instance of publishing again or anew. 2.Wills & estates. Reestablishment of the validity of a previously revoked will by repeating the formalities of execution or by using a codicil. • The result is to make the old will effective from the date of republication. — Also termed revalidation. Cf.…

  republican government.See GOVERNMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

  republic,n. A system of government in which the people hold sovereign power and elect representatives who exercise that power. • It contrasts on the one hand with a pure democracy, in which the people or community as an organized whole wield the sovereign power of government, and on the other with the rule of…

  reproductive rights.A person’s constitutionally protected rights relating to the control of his or her procreative activities; specif., the cluster of civil liberties relating to pregnancy, abortion, and sterilization, esp. the personal bodily rights of a woman in her decision whether to become pregnant or bear a child. • The phrase includes the idea of…

  reproduction right.Copyright. A copyright holder’s exclusive right to make copies or phonorecords of the protected work. • Unauthorized copying constitutes infringement. — Also termed right of reproduction. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 36. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 10, 40–41, 97.] [Blacks Law 8th]

  reprobator (rep-r<<schwa>>-bay-t<<schwa>>r).Scots law. Hist. A challenge to disqualify a witness or to invalidate the testimony of an objectionable witness. — Also termed action of reprobator. [Blacks Law 8th]

  reprobation (rep-r<<schwa>>-bay-sh<<schwa>>n). The act of raising an objection or exception, as to the competency of a witness or the sufficiency of evidence. — reprobationary (rep-r<<schwa>>-bay-sh<<schwa>>-ner-ee), reprobative (rep-r<<schwa>>-bay-tiv), adj. — reprobate (rep-r<<schwa>>-bayt), vb. [Blacks Law 8th]