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reconciliation (rek-<<schwa>>n-sil-ee-ay-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1. Restoration of harmony between persons or things that had been in conflict <a reconciliation between the plaintiff and the defendant is unlikely even if the lawsuit settles before trial>.2.Family law. Voluntary resumption, after a separation, of full marital relations between spouses <the court dismissed the divorce petition after the parties’ reconciliation>. Cf.…

recompense (rek-<<schwa>>m-pents), n. Repayment, compensation, or retribution for something, esp. an injury or loss. — recompense,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

recompensation.Scots law. In an action for debt, a plaintiff’s allegation that money owed to a defendant has already been paid and should not be considered as a setoff against an award to the plaintiff. [Blacks Law 8th]

recompensable. See COMPENSABLE. [Blacks Law 8th]

recommit.Parliamentary law. To refer (a motion) back to a committee that has considered it. • The motion is called “recommit” rather than “re-refer” for the sake of euphony. See REFER. Cf. re-refer under REFER. — recommit,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

recombinant DNA technology.Patents. The science of mutating organisms by splicing sections of one organism’s DNA onto that of another. — Abbr. rDNA. [Blacks Law 8th]

  recombinant (ri-kom-b<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>nt), adj. Patents. Of, relating to, or describing the introduction of DNA from one living organism into another. [Blacks Law 8th]

recollection,n.1. The action of recalling something to the mind, esp. through conscious effort. Something recalled to the mind. See PAST RECOLLECTION RECORDED ; PRESENT RECOLLECTION REFRESHED. — recollect,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

recognizor (ri-kog-n<<schwa>>-zor). A person who is obligated under a recognizance; one who is bound by a recognizance. — Also termed recognitor. “A recognizance is an acknowledgment upon record of a former debt, and he who so acknowledges such debt to be due is termed the recognizor, and he to whom or for whose benefit he…

recognizee (ri-kog-n<<schwa>>-zee). A person in whose favor a recognizance is made; one to whom someone is bound by a recognizance. [Blacks Law 8th]