Law Dictionary Definitions

rebus integris (ree-b<<schwa>>s in-t<<schwa>>-gris). [Latin] Scots law. Matters being complete; no performance having taken place. • For example, a contract could be rescinded if nothing had been done toward performance. [Blacks Law 8th]

rebellion. 1. Open, organized, and armed resistance to an established government or ruler. 2. Open resistance or opposition to an authority or tradition. 3.Hist. Disobedience of a legal command or summons. [Blacks Law 8th]

rebate,n. A return of part of a payment, serving as a discount or reduction. — rebate,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

reassurance. See REINSURANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

reason to know.Information from which a person of ordinary intelligence — or of the superior intelligence that the person may have — would infer that the fact in question exists or that there is a substantial enough chance of its existence that, if the person exercises reasonable care, the person can assume the fact exists.…

  reasons for allowance.See RULE109 STATEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonably suspect.See SUSPECT. [Blacks Law 8th]

  reasonably prudent person.See REASONABLE PERSON. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonably-prudent-operator standard.Oil & gas. The test generally applied to determine a lessee’s compliance with implied lease covenants by considering what a reasonable, competent operator in the oil-and-gas industry would do under the circumstances, acting in good faith and with economic motivation, and taking into account the lessor’s interests as well as that of the operator.…

reasonably believe.See BELIEVE. [Blacks Law 8th]