re|mit|ter

re|mit|ter
re|mit|ter1 «rih MIHT uhr», noun.
1. Law. the principle or operation by which a person having two titles to an estate and receiving it by the later or more defective one is adjudged to hold it by the earlier and more valid one.
2. Law. the remitting of a case to another court for decision.
3. restoration, as to a former right or condition.
re|mit|ter2 «rih MIHT uhr», noun.
a person or thing that remits.

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