Refection

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REFECTION, civil law. Reparation, reestablishment of a building. Dig. 19, 1, 6, 1.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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On approaching nearer, Bella discerned that the refection had the appearance of a small cottage-loaf and a pennyworth of milk.

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The hoarse messenger, uncomfortably seated on a form after taking that refection, had dropped into a doze, when a loud murmur and a rapid tide of people setting up the stairs that led to the court, carried him along with them.

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You will see that he hath refection, and such a purse of gold as may defray his charges, for indeed it is great honor to any court to have within it so noble and gentle a cavalier.