Law Dictionary Definitions

  readjustment,n. Voluntary reorganization of a financially troubled corporation by the shareholders themselves, without a trustee’s or a receiver’s intervention. — readjust,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

  read into,vb. See READ ON. [Blacks Law 8th]

reading clerk.See CLERK(7). [Blacks Law 8th]

reading.Parliamentary law. The recitation aloud of a bill or other main motion, sometimes by title only, usu. in a series of three such recitations necessary before a legislative body can pass a bill. See reading clerk under CLERK(7). [Blacks Law 8th]

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

REA.abbr. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION. rea (ree-<<schwa>>), n.[Latin] In civil and canon law, a defendant. Pl. reae. [Blacks Law 8th]

re (ree or ray), prep. Regarding; in the matter of; IN RE. • The term is often used as a signal or introductory title announcing the subject of business correspondence. [Blacks Law 8th]

RDNA.abbr. RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY. [Blacks Law 8th]

RCE.abbr. REQUEST FOR CONTINUED EXAMINATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

RBS.abbr. RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE. [Blacks Law 8th]