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A regulation is a rule made and maintained by an authority, typically a governmental agency, to control or govern conduct within its jurisdiction. 

Relevant means, with regards to evidence, having some value or tendency to prove a matter of fact significant to the case.

In law, relief refers to the redress or assistance that a party seeks from a court. Relief is essentially synonymous with remedy, but is sometimes meant to convey a broader concept.

In property law, a remainder subject to open is a remainder left: (1) in the interest of a class of persons; one or more of whom are alive; and (2) subject to diminution by another person joining the class of persons.

Repeal is the rescission of an existing law by subsequent legislation or constitutional amendment.

Replevin is a legal action that allows a person to recover personal property wrongfully taken or unlawfully held by another.

• See represent
• See also right of representation

[Last reviewed in June of 2024 by the Wex Definitions Team]

Reputation refers to the general esteem or regard in which a person or entity is held within the community, based on perceptions of character, integrity, and conduct.

A request for admission is a discovery device authorized by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36 that allows one party to ask another to admit or deny spe