Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

repealed by the proper authorities. A statute may be repealed by the legisla ture which passed it originally. REPLEVIN [Late L. plebere / to pledge] An action to recover property from someone who wrongfully possesses the property, as well as damages for the taking. A writ directing the sheriff to seize property held wrongfully. REPLICATION [L. replico , replicare / to fold back, to turn over, to review] The act of reproducing or creating a replica of an object or idea. At common law, the name given to the pleading interposed by the plaintiff in response to the defendant’s answer. A general replication was in effect a general denial of defendant’s allegations; a special replication pleaded new matter in response to issues raised by the defendant. See REPLY REPLY [L. replicare / to review] The response by a plaintiff to an allegation, plea or counterclaim by the defendant. A reply brief is a memordandum submitted by the plaintiff in sup port of his reply, or, more loosely, any memorandum of law in response to a memorandum submitted by an adversary. REPORT [L. re + porto, portare / to bear, carry, bring; to bring back] A statement or review. To carry and deliver a message. To account for. To ini tiate a charge or challenge. To be present for duty, as by a soldier. To deliver the judgment or decision of a court or administrative agency. A statement made following an inquiry or investigation, as by an agency or commission, setting forth its findings of fact and conclusions and, sometimes, its recom mendations. A formal statement by persons with responsibility to account for their actions, as by the board of directors of a corporation or the treasurer of an institution or company. REPORTER [L. reportare / to take or carry back] Anyone who reports, as by a newspaper reporter who writes about the news of the day. An official authorized to release and publish the decisions and opinions of a court. The publication in which the official record of a court’s decision or opinion is kept and published. Anyone who transcribes and records the text of a speech or the conduct of a meeting. REPOSE (STATUTE OF) [L. re + pausare / to end, stop; to rest] Any statute which imposes a time limit on a cause of action. A statute of repose , unlike a statute of limitations, imposes a bar to an action at the end of a fixed period of time specified in the statute, regardless of the date of injury or offense. The period covered by a statute of limitations, on the other hand,

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