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Hereditaments

rights of common and, possibly, easements; (2) certain heritable rights not necessarily connected with land, such as offices. Reversions, remainders, and executory interests and conditions have usually been classed as incorporeal hereditaments, but the classification is not

Reaction

Any action in resisting other action or force counter tendency movement in a contrary direction reverse action

remand

esp. lower court or from a court to an administrative agency [the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause ed to the superior court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion "McCarton v. Estate

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Pseudoscope

An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope

divest

divest [Anglo-French devestir, literally, to undress, from Old French desvestir, from de(s)-, prefix marking reversal + vestir to dress, from Latin vestire] : to deprive or dispossess (oneself) of property through divestiture di·vest·ment

back up

to move in a reverse direction used of vehicles or animals

stock split

of shares thereby reducing the value of each share but not the total value of each holding compare reverse stock split NOTE: The purpose of a stock split is to make the stock more attractive to potential

remittitur

deemed excessive in lieu of a grant of a defendant's motion for a new trial or of a reversal if the court is an appellate court b : a remission to a defendant by a plaintiff of

referee

to investigate a case, report findings, and often to make orders subject to review [the board may affirm, reverse, modify or supplement the order of the "Oregon Revised Statutes"]

procedural

procedural : of or relating to procedure [sentence reversed as result of error in sentencing "National Law Journal"] compare substantive pro·ce·dur·al·ly adv

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