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retirement annuity.See ANNUITY. [Blacks Law 8th]

retirement,n.1. Voluntary termination of one’s own employment or career, esp. upon reaching a certain age <she traveled around the world after her retirement>.2. Withdrawal from action or for privacy <Carol’s retirement to her house by the lake>.3. Withdrawal from circulation; payment of a debt < retirement of a series of bonds>. See REDEMPTION. — retire,vb.…

retired stock.See treasury stock under STOCK. [Blacks Law 8th]

retinue. A group of persons who are retained to follow and attend to a sovereign, noble, or other distinguished person. [Blacks Law 8th]

retention.Scots law. A possessor’s right to keep a movable until the possessor’s claim against the movable or its owner is satisfied; a lien. — Also termed right of retention. general retention.Scots law. A possessor’s right to keep all property owned by a debtor as security for the debt. special retention.Scots law. A possessor’s right to…

retenta possessione (ri-ten-t<<schwa>> p<<schwa>>-zes[h]-ee-oh-nee). [Latin] Hist. Possession being retained. [Blacks Law 8th]

retenementum (ri-ten-<<schwa>>-men-t<<schwa>>m).Hist. A withholding; restraint or detainment. [Blacks Law 8th]

retaliatory tariff.See TARIFF(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

retallia (ri-tal-ee-<<schwa>>). [Law Latin] Hist. The sale of goods or commodities in small quantities; retail. [Blacks Law 8th]

retaliatory law.A state law restraining another state’s businesses — as by levying taxes — in response to similar restraints imposed by the second state on the first state’s businesses. [Blacks Law 8th]