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R E-ENTERING Angle, in Forufuathn. Sre Anolk, 

 iud C(5N.sTitucTiON, according to M. Vmtbnn' s firjl method. 



RE-ENTRY, in Law, the reluming or retaking that 

 poflenioii which any one had lately forgone. 



As, if I make a leafe ef land or tenement, I do thereby 

 forego tlie poflcflion : and if 1 condition with the leflie, 

 that for non-payment of rent at the day, it (hall be lawful 

 fir me to re-enter; this is as much as if I conditioned to 

 take again the lands, &c. into my own hands, and to re- 

 cover the pod'efTion by my own aft, without the affiltance 

 of judge or other proceis. But words in a deed give no 

 re-entry, if a claul'e of re-entry be not added. (Wood's 

 Inlt. 140.) All perlons who would re-enter on their 

 tenants for non-payment of rent, are to make a demand of 

 the rent ; and, to prevent the re-entry, tenants are to tender 

 their rent, &c. (l Inft. 201.) If there is a leafe for 

 years, rendering rent, with condition, that if the leflee 

 alligns his term, the lelior may re-enter ; and the Icfl'ee 

 afligneth, and the lelior receivcth the rent of the alfignee, 

 not knewing or hearing of the aflignment, he may re-enter, 

 notwithltanding the acceptance of the rent. (3 Rep. 65'. 

 Cro. Eliz. 553.) See Rent. A feoffment may be made 

 upon condition, that if the feoffor pay to the feoffee, &c. 

 a certain fum of money at a day to come, then the feoffor 

 to re-enter, &c. Litt. § 322. See Entry and Use. 



REEPHAM, in Geography. See Repham. 



REER County. See Rire. 



REERSOE, in Geography, a fmall ifland of Denmark, 

 m the Great Belt, near the coatt of Zealand. N. lat. 55" 

 32'. E. long. 1 1° 7'. 



REES, Reis, or Reas, in Commerce, monies of account 

 in Portugal, 1000 of which make a milrcis or milree. In 

 the notation of accounts, the milrees are feparated from the 

 recs by a croffed cypher, called " Cifraon," and the 

 milrees from the millions by a colon ; thus Rs . 2 : 700 

 50c, means 2700 mil. and 500 rees. The crufado of ex- 

 change, or old crufado, is 400 rees ; the new crufado, 480 

 rees; the telloon, 100; tlie vintin or vintem, 20 rees. 

 Thus the milree is 2\ old crufados, 2Vt ""^w ditto, 10 tef- 

 toons, or 50 vintins. The geld pieces, coined before 1722, 

 are now 20 per cent, higher than their original value ; fo 

 that the old dobras, coined at 20,000 rees, are worth 24,000 ; 

 the lifbonnoines or moidores, coined at 4000 rees, are worth 

 4800 ; and the halves and quarters in proportion : but few 

 ot thefe coins are now in circulation. The gold coins, 

 ftruck fincc 1722, are the dobra of 12,800 rees ; the meia 

 dobra, Joanefe, or Portugal piece of 64CO rees ; the half 

 Joanefe, of 3200 ; the dezefeis teftoons, of 1600 ; the qua- 

 tindo, of 1200 ; the oito telloons, of 800 ; the old crufado, 

 of 400, now very fcarce ; and the new crufado, of 480 recs. 

 The filver coins are new crufados, of 480 rees ; halves, 

 quarters, and eighths, or pieces of 240,120, and 60 rees ; 

 teftoons of lOC, and halves of 50; and vintins of 20 rees. 

 There are alfo copper pieces of 10, 5, 3, and ji rees. The 

 pieces coined in Brazil, called patacas, of 600 and 640 rees, 

 are current only in that country, and their intrinfic value is 

 10 per cent, lefs than that of the Portugal coins. There is, 

 befides, a gold milree, itruck for the Portuguefe poffeflions 

 in Africa, and alfo a filver coin, of the value of 12 macutas, 

 or 600 rees ; the macuta being a money of account, worth 

 50 rees. The Spanilh patacas, or dollar, are reckoned at 

 Lilbon at 830 rees, more or lefs. 



Portuguefe gold coins are 22 carats (the mark fine being 

 24 carats), wrought gold is 2o| carats, and gold dull from 

 2i|- to 22 carats fine. The finenefs of filver is exprefled in 

 dinheiros and grains, the mark fine being 12 dinheiros, and 

 the dinheiro fubdivided into 24 grains. Silver coins are 



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10 dinheiros 19 grains fine, and wrought filver lol fine. 

 The rate of coinage of gold and filver coins is as follows : 

 8 dobras of 12,800 rees, 16 Joanefe<i of 6400 rees, 32 half 

 Joanefes of 3200 rees, 64 dezefeis teftoons, 128 oito tef- 

 toons, or 256 old crufados, are to weigh a Portuguefe mark 

 of gold, 22 carats fine. Hence (the mark being 3542f 

 Englifli grains) the dobra contains 442? grains ; the piece 

 of 6400 rees 22 1 1 grains of Englidi ftandard gold, and the 

 other pieces in proportion. Thefe coins, moreover, are 

 not, in general, exaftly 2 2 carats fine ; but there is a remedy 

 which amounts from Vt to -,V of a carat ; and the new 

 crufados are found to be only 21 ^^ carats fine. The filver 

 coin is 10 din. itj gr. as above ; and the mark is corned into 

 13; new crufados; hence the new crufado weighs 345f 

 Portuguefe grains, or 265? Englifli grains ; halves, quarters, 

 and eighths, in proportion. It, therefore, contains 258-! 

 grains of Englifh ftandard filver. The gold piece of 6400 

 recs is worth 35/. i \d. fterling ; and the old crufado, 

 2j. ■i.d. ; and thus the milree, valued in gold, is worth (i']\d. 

 fterling. The new filver crufado is worth about %s. gd. 

 fterling ; and, therefore, tiie milree, valued in filver, 15 

 worth 68|^. fterling. Gold is to filver as 16 to i. 



At Bombay each quarter of a rupee is divided into 100 

 rees. See Rupee. 



Rees, in Geography, a town of the duchy of Cleves ; 8 

 miles E. of Cleves. N. lat. 51=47'. E. long. 6° 20'. 



Rees ul Ain, or Refaina, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in 

 the province of Diarbekir ; 80 miles S. of Diarbekir. 



REETZ, a town of the New Mark of Brandenburg ; 

 5omiles N.E. ofCuftrin. N. lat. 53° 18'. E. long. 15° 56". 

 REEVE, in Ornithohigy, the name of a bird which is the 

 female of the avis pugnax ; the male of which, from the long 

 feathers round his neck, is called the riif. See Tringa 

 Pugnax. 



Reeve o/a Church, is the guardian of it, or the church- 

 warden. 



So Jhire-reef h the ftieriff, or guardian of a county; and 

 port-reeve, the warden of a port or haven. 

 REEVE-LAND. See Reveland. 

 REEVING, in the Sea Language, is the putting a rope 

 through any hole, as the channel of a block, &c. Hence, 

 to pull a rope out of a block, is called unreeving, 



RE-EXCHANGE, in Commerce, a fecond payment of 

 the price of exchange, or rather the price of a new ex- 

 change, due upon a bill of exchange that comes to be 

 proteiled ; and to be refunded the bearer, by the drawer 

 or indorfer. See Exchange. 



The occafion of re-exchage is, when the bearer of a bill 

 of exchange, after protefting it, for want either of ac- 

 ceptance, or of payment, borrows money on his own pro- 

 mife, bond, or the like ; or draws a bill of exchange in the 

 place where the payment was to be made, on the perfon 

 who furnifhed the firft for which he pays a fecond ex- 

 change ; which, being added to the firlt already paid, the 

 drawer of the firft bill is anfwerable for two exchanges, 

 properly called exchange and re-exchange. 



The bearer of a protefted bill has a right to recover both 

 the one and the other on the drawer. Yet the fimple pro. 

 teftation which the bearer makes in the att of proteft, that 

 he will take up a like fum at re-exchange, for want of his 

 bill being accepted or paid, is not fufficient to entitle him 

 to demand the reimburfement of his re-exchano-e, unlefs he 

 make it appear, that he has aftually taken up money in the? 

 place on which the bill was drawn. 



Otherwife the re-exchange will only amount to the refti- 

 tution of the firft exchange, with intereft, the expences of 

 protefting, and thofe of the journey, if there have been any. 

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