2020-12-18
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด R – Re & in re
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Re = ‘REY’
Meaning = ‘in the case of’
= ‘in re’ ออกเสียง ‘in-REE’ or ‘REY’
Collins English Dictionary
Usage:
Re, in contexts
such as re your letter, your remarks have been noted
or he spoke to me re your complaint,
is common in business or official correspondence.
In general English
with reference to is preferable in the former case and about or concerning in the latter.
Even in business correspondence,
the use of re is often restricted to the letter heading
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary
re-
a prefix, occurring orig. in loanwords fromLatin,
used to form verbs denoting
action in a backward direction (recede; return; revert),
action in answer to or intended to undo a situation
(rebel; remove; respond; restore; revoke),
or action done over, often with the implication
that the outcome of the original action
was in some way impermanent or inadequate,
or that the performance of the new action
brings back an earlier state of affairs (recapture; reoccur; repossess; retype). Also, red-.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
in re \ in-ˈrē, -ˈrā \
Legal Definition of in re
: in the matter of
—used in the title or name of a case
where the proceeding is in rem orquasi in rem
and not in personam
(as in a matter involving a probate or bankruptcy estate, a guardianship, or an application for laying out a public highway)
and occasionally in the title of an ex parte proceeding
(as in an application for a writ of habeas corpus)
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Re & in re
These terms are usually reserved for use by the legal profession,
where they have the
meaning of “in the matter of,” “in the case of.”
(Re is the ablative case of Latin res,
meaning “thing,” “item,” or “matter.”)
In re is a Latinism,
the meaning of which is best expressed by about,
in regard to, or concerning.
Let the lawyer have in re.
