Remise

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remise \Re*mise"\, n. (Law)
     A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of
     a claim.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remise \Re*mise"\, n.
     1. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. --Sterne.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary
        fiacre; -- so called because kept in a remise. --Cooper.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]