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  refugee. A person who flees or is expelled from a country, esp. because of persecution, and seeks haven in another country. [Cases: Aliens 53.10(3). C.J.S. Aliens §§ 85, 92, 97, 205, 218.] [Blacks Law 8th]

  refund,n.1. The return of money to a person who overpaid, such as a taxpayer who overestimated tax liability or whose employer withheld too much tax from earnings. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4950; Taxation 535, 1097. C.J.S. Internal Revenue § 780; Social Security and Public Welfare § 207; Taxation §§ 910–914, 919, 1679, 1690, 1764.] 2.…

refugeeism. The state of being a refugee. [Blacks Law 8th]

refreshing recollection.See PRESENT RECOLLECTION REFRESHED. [Blacks Law 8th]

refreshing memory.See PRESENT RECOLLECTION REFRESHED. [Blacks Law 8th]

refoulement (ri-fowl-m<<schwa>>nt). [French] Expulsion or return of a refugee from one state to another. Cf. NONREFOULEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

reformative punishment.See PUNISHMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

reformatory,n. A penal institution for young offenders, esp. minors. — Also termed reform school. [Cases: Infants 271. C.J.S. Infants § 271.] [Blacks Law 8th]

reformation condition.See conditional bequest under BEQUEST. [Blacks Law 8th]

reformation (ref-<<schwa>>r-may-sh<<schwa>>n), n. An equitable remedy by which a court will modify a written agreement to reflect the actual intent of the parties, usu. to correct fraud or mutual mistake in the writing, such as an incomplete property description in a deed. • In cases of mutual mistake, the actual intended agreement must usu. be…