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A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers. Blackstone.

The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.

o lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith. In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. Milton. It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. Barrow. Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. Ld. Lytton.

n, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases. Bouvier.

The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.

The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. [Obs.] Shak.

The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller.

Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.

ich the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.

Restoration: restitution: surrender. Howell.

Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation. Dr. H. More.

llust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting.

Restoration of strength by refreshment. [Obs.] Middleton.

The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression.

Restoration. "This doctrine of the refusion of the soul." Bp. Warbuton.

Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.

To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation. Paley.

To model or fashion anew; to change the form of. The corporation had been remodeled. Macaulay.

Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city. Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. Milton.

Restoration to one's country.