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A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point. Res gestæ Etym: [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue. Wharton. -- Res judicata [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.

To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port.

A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale. Bacon.

Realgar. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To salute again.

To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.

To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell.

To cut off; to abrogate; to annul. The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil customs. Jer. Taylor.

Capable of being rescinded.

The act of rescinding; rescission.

The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.

Tending to rescind; rescinding. To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633. Bp. Burnet.

Rescue; deliverance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To rescue. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To write back; to write in reply. Ayliffe.

ted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree. In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke in the plural number. Hare.

A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday.

Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.

By rescript. Burke.

That may be rescued.