Search for: legalism
2801 Etymology dictionary, p. referee (n.).2
… in legal use, "person selected under authority of law to try a case in place of the court" (1680s). Sporting use is recorded by 1820 (specifically of baseball from …
2802 Etymology dictionary, p. regress (n.).2
… in legal language. Mental sense of "act of working back from an effect to a cause" is from 1610s.
2803 Etymology dictionary, p. rehear (v.).2
also re-hear, "to hear again," 1680s, originally legal, "to try (a cause) a second time," from re- "again" + hear. Of sounds, by 1799. Related: Reheard; rehearing. As a noun, rehearing "a second hearing" is from 1680s.
2804 Etymology dictionary, p. rejoin (v.2).2
… ., a legal term, "answer a reply, reply a second time" (to a charge or complaint), from Old French rejoin-, stem of rejoindre "to answer to a legal charge," from Old French …
2805 Etymology dictionary, p. rejoinder (n.).2
… a legal charge" (see rejoin (v.2)). For noun use of infinitive in French law terms, see waiver .
2806 Etymology dictionary, p. relict (n.).3
… semi-legal or formal term (perhaps from confusion with relic ), "more often seen than heard" [Fowler]. Also as an adjective in Middle English and early modern English …
2807 Etymology dictionary, p. remedy (n.).3
Figurative use is from c. 1300. The meaning "legal redress; means for obtaining justice, redress, or compensation through a court" is by mid-15c.
2808 Etymology dictionary, p. remedy (v.).2
… ; give legal redress," from Old French remedier or directly from Latin remediare, from remedium (see remedy (n.)). Related: Remedied; remedying; remediless .
2809 Etymology dictionary, p. remitter (n.).2
mid-15c., a legal principle, "restoration of a prior or more valid title to certain property," from Old French remitter, noun use of infinitive, from Latin remittere "send back" (see remit ). For legalese noun use of French infinitives, see waiver .
2810 Etymology dictionary, p. remonetize (v.).2
also re-monetize, "make legal tender again," 1877, from re- "back, again" + monetize (v.). Related: Remonetized; remonetizing; remonetization.
2811 Etymology dictionary, p. render (n.2).2
late 14c., rendre, a legal term, "act of yielding, giving, or restoring; a return, a payment," especially of rent; see render (v.). Probably at least in part from French noun use of the infinitive.
2812 Etymology dictionary, p. rent (n.1).2
… a legal sense, "compensation made periodically, with reference to time of possession and use of property," from Old French rente "payment due; profit, income …
2813 Etymology dictionary, p. replevin (n.).2
… a legal hearing," mid-15c., from Anglo-French replevin (mid-14c.) and Anglo-Latin (13c.) replevina, from Old French replevir (v.) "to pledge, protect, warrant," from re- "back …
2814 Etymology dictionary, p. replication (n.).2
… rejoinder, legal reply" (third step in the pleadings in a common-law action), from Anglo-French replicacioun, Old French replicacion "reply, answer," from Latin …
2815 Etymology dictionary, p. represent (v.).4
… in legal actions, "speak and act with authority on behalf of another by deputed right," by 1500. Also from c. 1500 as "describe as having a specified character or …
2816 Etymology dictionary, p. reprobation (n.).3
… (1680s, legal).
2817 Etymology dictionary, p. requisition (n.).3
The meaning "action of formally calling upon someone to perform some action, etc." is by 1550s, originally legal. The sense of "action of requiring a certain amount of something to be furnished" is by 1776.
2818 Etymology dictionary, p. rescue (v.).3
… from legal custody." Related: Rescued; rescuing; rescuable. Rescuer is from 1530s; Ogden Nash has rescuee (1950) for the sake of a rhyme. The legal language, based …
2819 Etymology dictionary, p. reset (v.).4
… Scottish legal language. It is unrelated, from Old French receter, from Latin receptare, frequentative of recipere "to hold, contain" (see receive ).
2820 Etymology dictionary, p. resort (n.).3
The meaning "place people go for recreation" is recorded by 1754. Phrase in the last resort "ultimately" (1670s) translates French en dernier ressort, originally a last court of legal appeals.