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reciprocal exchange.An association whose members exchange contracts and pay premiums through an attorney-in-fact for the purpose of insuring themselves and each other. • A reciprocal exchange can consist of individuals, partnerships, trustees, or corporations, but the exchange itself is unincorporated. — Also termed interinsurance exchange; reciprocal insurance exchange; reciprocal interinsurance exchange. See reciprocal insurance under…

reciprocal discovery.See reverse Jencks material under JENCKS MATERIAL. [Blacks Law 8th]

reciprocal dealing.A business arrangement in which a buyer having greater economic power than a seller agrees to buy something from the seller only if the seller buys something in return. • Reciprocal dealing usu. violates antitrust laws. — Also termed reciprocal-dealing arrangement. Cf. TYING ARRANGEMENT . [Blacks Law 8th]

reciprocal contract.See bilateral contract under CONTRACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

reciprocal (ri-sip-r<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>l), adj.1. Directed by each toward the other or others; MUTUAL <reciprocal trusts>.2.BILATERAL <a reciprocal contract>.3. Corresponding; equivalent <reciprocal discovery>. [Blacks Law 8th]

recidivist (ri-sid-<<schwa>>-vist), n. One who has been convicted of multiple criminal offenses, usu. similar in nature; a repeat offender <proponents of prison reform argue that prisons don’t cure the recidivist>. — Also termed habitual offender; habitual criminal; repeater; career criminal. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 1200. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1638–1639, 1641.] [Blacks Law 8th]

recidivism (ri-sid-<<schwa>>-viz-<<schwa>>m), n. A tendency to relapse into a habit of criminal activity or behavior. — Also termed (archaically) recidivation. — recidivous, recidivist,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

recidivation.Archaic. See RECIDIVISM. [Blacks Law 8th]

recidivate (ri-sid-<<schwa>>-vayt), vb. To return to a habit of criminal behavior; to relapse into crime. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 1202. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1643, 1650, 1652.] [Blacks Law 8th]

Rechtsphilosophie (rekts-f<<schwa>>-los-<<schwa>>-fee). See ethical jurisprudence under JURISPRUDENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]