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Remand - To send a dispute back to the court where it was originally heard. Usually it is an appellate court that remands a case for proceedings in the trial court consistent with the appellate court's ruling.

Remedy -Legal or judicial means by which a right or privilege is enforced or the violation of a right or privilege is prevented, redressed, or compensated.

Remittitur -The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.

Removal -The transfer of a state case to federal court for trial; in civil cases, because the parties are from different states; in criminal and some civil cases, because there is a significant possibility that there could not be a fair trial in state court.

Replacement volumes - Volumes which replace books and their pocket parts when the pocket parts cause the books to become too bulky.

Replevin - An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.

Reply - The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party.

Reporters - Books which contain court decisions.

Request for admission - Also, Request to Admit. Written statements of facts concerning a case which are submitted to an adverse party and which that party must admit or deny; a discovery device.

Request for production of documents - A direction or command served upon another party for production of specified documents for review with respect to a suit; a discovery devise.

Rescission - The unmaking or undoing of a contract; repeal.

Research - A careful hunting for facts or truth about a subject; inquiry; investigation.

Resolution - The formal adoption of a motion.

Respondent - The person against whom an appeal is taken. (See petitioner.)

Rest A party - is said to "rest" or "rest its case" when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.

Restatement -A publication which tells what the law is in a particular field, as compiled from statutes and decisions.

Restitution - Act of restoring anything to its rightful owner; the act of restoring someone to an economic position he enjoyed before he suffered a loss.