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ty. Commission of rebellion (Eng. Law), a process of contempt on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- non abolished. Wharton. Burrill.

prove; to admonish. The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. Dryden.

's surrejoinder. The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant. Blackstone.

evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.

A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge. Burrill. Bouvier.

ctment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant. Recover arms (Mil. Drill), a command whereby the piece is brought from the position of "aim" to that of "ready."

state or city government, for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.]

An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders. Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. Eng. Cyc.

To offend; to shock. [Obs.] Derham.

To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.

The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.

him to his ancient and more certain right. Blackstone. In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. Hayward. The prisoner was remitted to the guard. Dryden.

mmond. Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly not parts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated. Rambler.

The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea.

To answer a defendant's plea.

erienced. Resentment . . . is a deep, reflective displeasure against the conduct of the offender. Cogan.

Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]