Law Dictionary Definitions

recognition strike.See STRIKE. [Blacks Law 8th]

recognition picketing.See organizational picketing under PICKETING. [Blacks Law 8th]

recognition clause.Real estate. A clause providing that, when a tract of land has been subdivided for development, the ultimate buyers of individual lots are protected if the developer defaults on the mortgage. • Such a clause is typically found in a blanket mortgage or a contract for deed. [Blacks Law 8th]

recognition,n.1. Confirmation that an act done by another person was authorized. See RATIFICATION. [Cases: Principal and Agent 170(2).C.J.S. Agency § 88.] 2. The formal admission that a person, entity, or thing has a particular status; esp. a nation’s act in formally acknowledging the existence of another nation or national government. 3.Parliamentary law. The chair’s acknowledgment…

reclusion (ri-kloo-zh<<schwa>>n).Civil law. Incarceration as punishment for a crime; esp. solitary confinement or confinement at hard labor in a penitentiary. [Blacks Law 8th]

reclamation (rek-l<<schwa>>-may-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1. The act or an instance of improving the value of economically useless land by physically changing the land, such as irrigating a desert. [Cases: Waters and Water Courses 222. C.J.S. Waters §§ 763–765.] 2.Commercial law. A seller’s limited right to retrieve goods delivered to a buyer when the buyer is insolvent. UCC…

recklessness,n.1. Conduct whereby the actor does not desire harmful consequence but nonetheless foresees the possibility and consciously takes the risk. • Recklessness involves a greater degree of fault than negligence but a lesser degree of fault than intentional wrongdoing. [Cases: Negligence 274. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 104–105, 109.] 2. The state of mind in which a…

reckless negligence.See gross negligence under NEGLIGENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

reckless knowledge.See KNOWLEDGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

reckless homicide.See HOMICIDE. [Blacks Law 8th]