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refer.Parliamentary law. To send (a motion) to a committee for its consideration or investigation, with a view to a report from the committee back to the referring body. — Also termed commit. Cf. RECOMMIT; DISCHARGE (9). re-refer. (Of the U.S. House of Representatives) to refer a bill to a different committee from the one it…

refection.Civil law. Repair or restoration, as of a building. [Blacks Law 8th]

refare (ri-fair-ee), vb.[Latin] To bereave; rob; take away. [Blacks Law 8th]

reextent.Hist. A second extent made upon complaint that the earlier extent was improper. See EXTENT.  RE. FA. LO.  re. fa. lo.abbr.RECORDARI FACIAS LOQUELAM. [Blacks Law 8th]

reexport,n.1. The act of exporting again something imported. 2. A good or commodity that is exported again. — reexport,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

reexecution. The equitable remedy by which a lost or destroyed deed or other instrument is replaced. • Equity compels the party or parties to execute a new deed or instrument if a claimant properly proves a right under one that has been lost or destroyed. [Cases: Lost Instruments 12.] [Blacks Law 8th]

reexchange,n.1. A second or new exchange. 2. The process of recovering the expenses that resulted from the dishonor of a bill of exchange in a foreign country. 3. The expenses themselves. [Blacks Law 8th]

reexamination certificate.Patents. A certificate issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at the conclusion of a reexamination proceeding, confirming that a patent has been reexamined and the claims have been found to be patentable, confirming that claims determined to be unpatentable have been canceled, or incorporating into the patent any amended or new claims…

reexamination,n.1.REDIRECT EXAMINATION <the attorney focused on the defendant’s alibi during reexamination>.2.Patents. A proceeding by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to determine whether prior art renders one or more claims of an already-issued patent invalid; specif., an administrative procedure by which a party can seek review of a patent on the basis of prior art…

reeve (reev).Hist. 1. A ministerial officer of high rank having local jurisdiction; the chief magistrate of a hundred. • The reeve executed process, kept the peace, and enforced the law by holding court within the hundred. 2. A minor officer serving the Crown at the hundred level; a bailiff or deputy-sheriff. 3. An overseer of…