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reasonable accommodation. 1. An action taken to adapt or adjust for a disabled person, done in a way that does not impose an undue hardship on the party taking the action. • Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an employer must make reasonable accommodations for an employee’s disability. Examples of reasonable accommodations that have been…

reasonable,adj.1. Fair, proper, or moderate under the circumstances < reasonable pay>.2. According to reason <your argument is reasonable but not convincing>. “It is extremely difficult to state what lawyers mean when they speak of ‘reasonableness.’ In part the expression refers to ordinary ideas of natural law or natural justice, in part to logical thought, working…

rearrest. See ARREST. [Blacks Law 8th]

reargument,n. The presentation of additional arguments, which often suggest that a controlling legal principle has been overlooked, to a court (usu. an appellate court) that has already heard initial arguments. Cf. REHEARING. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 928; Motions 39. C.J.S. Motions and Orders §§ 39–40.] — reargue,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

reapportionment,n. Realignment of a legislative district’s boundaries to reflect changes in population. • The U.S. Supreme Court has required federal reapportionment. See U.S. Const. art. I, 2, cl. 3. — Also termed redistricting. Cf. GERRYMANDERING. [Cases: Elections 12(6); States 27. C.J.S. States §§ 62–78.] — reapportion,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

real wrong.See WRONG. [Blacks Law 8th]

real warrandice.See WARRANDICE. [Blacks Law 8th]

real wages.See WAGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

realty trust.See nominee trust (2) under TRUST. [Blacks Law 8th]

realty. Land and anything growing on, attached to, or erected on it, that cannot be removed without injury to the land. — Also termed real property. quasi-realty.Hist. Things that the law treats as fixed to realty, but are themselves movable, such as title deeds. [Blacks Law 8th]