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reentry,n.1. The act or an instance of retaking possession of land by someone who formerly held the land and who reserved the right to retake it when the new holder let it go. 2. A landlord’s resumption of possession of leased premises upon the tenant’s default under the lease. See POWER OF TERMINATION . [Cases:…

reenactment rule.In statutory construction, the principle that when reenacting a law, the legislature implicitly adopts well-settled judicial or administrative interpretations of the law. [Cases: Statutes 223.5. C.J.S. Statutes §§ 356–357.] [Blacks Law 8th]

reduction to practice.Patents. The embodiment of the concept of an invention, either by physical construction and operation or by filing a patent application with a disclosure adequate to teach a person reasonably skilled in the art how to make and work the invention without undue experimentation. • The date of reduction to practice is critical…

reduction in force.See LAYOFF. [Blacks Law 8th]

reduction improbation.See IMPROBATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

reductio ad absurdum (ri-d<<schwa>>k-shee-oh or ri-d<<schwa>>k-tee-oh ad ab-s<< schwa>>r-d<<schwa>>m). [Latin “reduction to the absurd”] In logic, disproof of an argument by showing that it leads to a ridiculous conclusion. [Blacks Law 8th]

redubber.Hist. One who buys stolen cloth and redyes it or makes it into something so that the cloth is unrecognizable. [Blacks Law 8th]

red tape.A bureaucratic procedure required to be followed before official action can be taken; esp. rigid adherence to time-consuming rules and regulations; excessive bureaucracy. • The phrase originally referred to the red ribbons that lawyers and government officials once used to tie their papers together. [Blacks Law 8th]

redress (ri-dresorree-dres), n.1. Relief; remedy <money damages, as opposed to equitable relief, is the only redress available>. [Cases: Damages 1, 3. C.J.S. Damages §§ 1–2, 4–7.] 2. A means of seeking relief or remedy <if the statute of limitations has run, the plaintiff is without redress>. — redressable,adj. — redress (ri-dres), vb. penal redress.A form…

redraft,n. A second negotiable instrument offered by the drawer after the first instrument has been dishonored. — redraft,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]