Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

REPRIMAND [L. reprimo , reprimere / to hold back, restrain, frustrate] Severe or formal criticism. A formal censure or criticism announced by a per son or body in authority reciting some lapse or impropriety in the conduct of an individual subject to its authority. Examples: the reprimand of an attorney by a disciplinary committee for a violation of one of the disciplinary rules; the reprimand of an Army officer by his superior officer for conduct unbe coming his office or rank. REPRISE, REPRISAL [L. reprehendere / to seize, hold back, detain] An act committed in retaliation for another act considered wrong or injurious. The action of one country in response to the belligerent or inhumane act of another country, e.g., economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. against coun tries suspected of harboring terrorists, or the bombing by NATO of Serbia to discourage the torture and dispersal of ethnic minorities. REPROBATA PECUNIA LIBERAT SOLVENTEM The effect of money tendered and refused is to release the person who ten dered. REPUBLIC [L. res / thing, object, matter, affair + poblicos , publicus / belong ing to the people] A system of government in which the ultimate authority rests in all the peo ple, characterized by legislative bodies and chief executives, (usually called presidents ), elected by the people at regular and stated intervals and subject to fixed and definable rules of law. REPUBLICATION [L. res + publico , publicare / to make public, throw open, restate] The reiteration or re-execution of a will which was previously revoked or cancelled. The second publication of a will. Republication of a will may be accomplished by a valid codicil. Also, the second or subsequent publication of a book or other matter. REPUDIATION [L. repudio , repudiare / to reject, disdain] To refuse to accept; to reject; to refuse to acknowledge an obligation or pay a debt. To disavow or disclaim. In the law of contracts, a repudiation is a refusal, or manifest unwillingness or inability, to perform or acknowledge an obligation under an agreement, evidenced before the time for performance has arrived; the refusal may be manifested by words or deeds. The other party may treat the repudiation either as an abandonment of the contract or as a breach entitling him to sue for damages. A repudiation is sometimes called an anticipatory repudiation .

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