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Re-employed

Re-employed, the expression 're-employed', if construed in the light of the object behind the Rule and facts of this case, would also include first regular appointment in the service, Union of India v. Rekha Majhi, AIR...

re-entry permit

re-entry permit A travel document that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issues to lawful permanent residents (LPRs) who want to stay outside of the U.S. for more than one year and less than two

Re-employment

Re-employment, means retention in service, con-tinued employment in the service in which an employee has been serving is quite a different thing from re-employment of an employee after he has retired. Consequently, a decision not to...

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Re-assurance

Re-assurance, a contract that a first insurer enters into to release himself wholly or in part from a risk which he has undertaken by throwing it upon some other insurer. Re-assurance is not to be confounded...

Re-compensation

Re-compensation. Where a party sues for a debt, and the defendant pleads compensation, i.e., set-off, the plaintiff may allege a compensation on his part, and this is called a re-compensation, Scots Law Term.

Re-demise

Re-demise, a re-granting of land demised or released.

Jus in re

Jus in re, a complete and full right; a real right, or a right to have a thing, to the exclusion of all other men. Jus in re, means right in or over a thing. A...

Re-examination

Re-examination, an examination of a witness after a cross-examination upon matters arising out of such cross-examination. If the re-examination disclose new matter which the cross-examining party could not anticipate, the Court in its discretion may permit...

Re-traxit

Re-traxit, means 'he has withdrawn'. A plaintiff's voluntary withdrawal of a lawsuit in court so that the plaintiff forfeits the right of action. In modern practice, re-traxit is called voluntary dismissal or dismissal with prejudice, Black's...

Re-draft

Re-draft, a second bill of exchange. A second negotiable instrument offered by drawers after first instrument has been dishonoured, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1283.

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