Law Dictionary Definitions

(1).3.Parliamentary law. Failure of adoption or ratification. See LOST(3).4.Patents. A patent examiner’s finding in an office action that a claim in an application is unpatentable. Cf. OBJECTION(4); RESTRICTION(4). [Cases: Patents 108. C.J.S. Patents §§ 144, 148–151.] — reject,vb. aggregation rejection.Rejection of a patent claim on the ground that it is a list of unrelated elements…

rejection. 1. A refusal to accept a contractual offer. [Cases: Contracts 21.] 2. A refusal to accept tendered goods as contractual performance. • Under the UCC, a buyer’s rejection of nonconforming goods must be made within a reasonable time after tender or delivery, and notice of the rejection must be given to the seller. UCC…

rejecting,n. A parent’s or caregiver’s pattern of refusing to acknowledge a child’s worth or legitimate needs. Cf. ISOLATING; IGNORING. [Blacks Law 8th]

reject, assume or. See ASSUME OR REJECT. [Blacks Law 8th]

REIT (reet).abbr.REAL-ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST. [Blacks Law 8th]

rei suae providus (ree-Is[y]oo-ee pr<<schwa>>-vI-d<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Hist. Careful of one’s property. “Interdiction, whether voluntary or judicial, can only be recalled or removed by an interlocutor of Court, and it affords a good ground on which to apply for the removal of the restraint imposed by interdiction that the interdicted has become rei suae providus.” John…

reissue patent.See PATENT(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

reissue. 1. An abstractor’s certificate attesting to the correctness of an abstract. • A reissue is an important precaution when the abstract comprises an original abstract brought down to a certain date and then several later continuations or extensions. [Cases: Abstracts of Title 3. C.J.S. Abstracts of Title §§ 6–20.] 2. See reissue patent under…

reissuable note.See NOTE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

reissuable error.Patents. A type of nondeceptive mistake in a patent that may be corrected in a reissue patent. 35USCA § 252. [Cases: Patents 136. C.J.S. Patents § 238.] [Blacks Law 8th]