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redlining,n.1. Credit discrimination (usu. unlawful discrimination) by an institution that refuses to provide loans or insurance on properties in areas that are deemed to be poor financial risks or to the people who live in those areas. [Cases: Civil Rights 1041, 1079; Consumer Credit 31.C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 2–3, 14–17, 21, 23; Interest and Usury;…

red-light abatement laws.An ordinance or statute intended to eliminate and prohibit sex-oriented businesses, usu. on grounds that they are public nuisances. • Brothels were once typically identified by a red light displayed in a window or in the front yard. [Blacks Law 8th]

reditus (red-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>s), n.[Latin “return”] A revenue or return; esp. rent. — Also spelled redditus. reditus albi (al-bI). [Latin “white return”] Rent payable in silver or other money. reditus capitales (kap-<<schwa>>-tay-leez). [Latin “capital return”] Chief rent paid by a freeholder to go quit of all other services. See QUIT RENT. reditus nigri (nig-rI). [Latin “black return”]…

redistricting. See REAPPORTIONMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

redistrict,vb. To organize into new districts, esp. legislative ones; reapportion. [Cases: States 27; United States 10. C.J.S. States §§ 62–78; United States§ 19.] [Blacks Law 8th]

redistribution. The act or process of distributing something again or anew < redistribution of wealth>. [Blacks Law 8th]

redisseisina. See DE REDISSEISINA. [Blacks Law 8th]

redisseisin (ree-dis-see-zin), n.1. A disseisin by one who has already dispossessed the same person of the same estate. 2. A writ to recover an estate that has been dispossessed by redisseisin. — Also spelled redisseizin. See DISSEISIN. — redisseise (ree-dis-seez), vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

rediscount rate.See INTEREST RATE. [Blacks Law 8th]

rediscount,n.1. The act or process of discounting a negotiable instrument that has already been discounted, as by a bank. 2. (usu. pl.) A negotiable instrument that has been discounted a second time. See DISCOUNT. — rediscount,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]