Law Dictionary Definitions

redhibere (red-hi-beer-ee), vb.[Latin] Civil law. 1. To return (a defective purchase) to the seller. 2. (Of a seller) to take back (a defective purchase). [Blacks Law 8th]

red-herring prospectus.See preliminary prospectus under PROSPECTUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

red herring. 1. An irrelevant legal or factual issue, usu. intended to distract or mislead <law students should avoid discussing the red herrings that professors raise in exams>.2. See preliminary prospectus under PROSPECTUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

redevance (ruu-d<<schwa>>-vahns). [French] Hist. Dues payable by a tenant to the lord, not necessarily in money. [Blacks Law 8th]

redemptor (ri-demp-t<<schwa>>r), n. Roman law. A contractor. See CONDUCTOR(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

redeundo (ree-dee-<<schwa>>n-doh). [Latin] Returning; in returning; while returning. [Blacks Law 8th]

redemptio operis (ri-demp-shee-oh op-<<schwa>>-ris), n.[Latin “redemption of work”] Civil law. A contract in which a worker agrees to perform labor or services for a specified price. Cf. locatio operarum under LOCATIO. [Blacks Law 8th]

redemption price.See PRICE. [Blacks Law 8th]

redemption period.The statutory period during which a defaulting mortgagor may recover property after a foreclosure or tax sale by paying the outstanding debt or charges. [Cases: Mortgages 599; Taxation 699. C.J.S. Mortgages §§ 1034–1037, 1039; Taxation §§ 1258–1264.] [Blacks Law 8th]

redemptioner. A person who redeems; esp. one who redeems real property under the equity of redemption or the right of redemption. See EQUITY OF REDEMPTION ; STATUTORY RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. [Blacks Law 8th]