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Definition of Reprises
1. reprise [v] - See also: reprise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprises
Literary usage of Reprises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
""reprises" Is not a word in common use, even in the law. The dictionaries give it
... It is said to be so much annum ultra reprises— besides all reprises. ..."
2. Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society by Kilkenny Archaeological Society (1855)
"... besides reprises, 100*.; ... in M'William's country, annual value, besides
reprises, 61.; ..."
3. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution: And Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1874)
"reprises. The deductions and payments out of lands, annuities, and the like are
called reprises, because they ore taken bark: when we speak of the clear ..."
4. The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period to the Year 1245, when the by John D'Alton (1845)
"... containing 8 acres of arable and pasture, annual value, besides reprises, Is.
8d.; and that within the precincts were a church, and two houses of stone; ..."
5. English Schools at the Reformation 1546-8 by Arthur Francis Leach (1896)
"... aboue all perpetuall reprises, £8 16s. 10|d. William Ridware, Clerk, incombent,
whose clere porcion is £7 19*. &\d. Petition, £G. Sampson Bourne, Clerk, ..."
6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1832)
"... of at least the yearly value of ten pounds above reprises, holden by copy of
court roll of the lord or lady of any manor, or by any customary tenure, ..."
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