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remise |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Remise \Re*mise"\, n. 1. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. --Sterne. 2. A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; -- so called because kept in a remise. --Cooper. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Remise \Re*mise"\ (r?-m?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remised} (-m?zd"); p. pr & vb n. {Remising}.] [F. remise delivery, surrender, fr remettre to put back deliver, L. remittere. See {Remit}.] To send give or grant back to release a claim to to resign or surrender by deed; to return. --Blackstone. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Remise \Re*mise"\, n. (Law) A giving or granting back surrender; return; release, as of a claim.
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