musical or artistic performance (often by one performer); recitation, act of telling, act of recounting
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Recital Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation.
The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation.
(n.)
The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.
The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.
(n.)
That which is recited; a story; a narration.
That which is recited; a story; a narration.
(n.)
A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.
A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.
(n.)
A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration.
recital
\re*cit"al\ (?), n. [from recite.]
1. the act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.
2. a telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration.
3. that which is recited; a story; a narration.
4. (mus.) a vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.
5. (law) the formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation. --burn.
Dadgan = n. a recital; repetition
Gwrthadrodd = a counter recital
Mynag = n. a report, a recital
Mynegiaeth = n. a recital
Noun
1. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"
(synonym) narration, yarn
(hypernym) report, account
(hyponym) relation, telling, recounting
(part-meronym) body
(derivation) tell, narrate, recount, recite
2. performance of music or dance especially by soloists
(hypernym) performance, public presentation
3. a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"
(synonym) recitation, reading
(hypernym) public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentation
(derivation) recite, retell
4. a detailed statement giving facts and figures; "his wife gave a recital of his infidelities"
(hypernym) statement
5. a detailed account or description of something; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings"
(hypernym) history, account, chronicle, story
(derivation) tell, narrate, recount, recite
Recital Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A recital is a musical (vocal or instrumental) performance. It can highlight a single performer, sometimes accompanied by piano, or a performance of the works of a single composer.
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Recital Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
The repetition of some former writing, or the statement of something which has been done.
Recitals are used to explain those matters of fact which are necessary to make the transaction intelligible. It is said that when a deed of defeasance recites the deed which it is meant to defeat, it must recite it truly. In other cases it need not be so particular.
A party who executes a deed reciting a particular fact is estopped from denying such fact; as, when it was recited in the condition of a bond that the obligor had received divers sums of money for the obligee which he had not brought to account, and acknowledged that a balance was due to the obligee, it was holden that the obligor was estopped to say that he had not received any money for the use of the obligee.
In pleading, when public statutes are recited, a small variance will not be fatal, where by the recital the party is not "tied up to the statute;" that is, if the conclusion be contra formam statuti praediti. Private statutes must be recited in pleading, and proved by an exemplified copy, unless the opposite party, by his pleading admit them.
By the plea of nul tiel record, the party relying on a private statute is put to prove it as recited, and a variance will be fatal.
Formerly, in equity, the decree contained recitals of the pleadings in the cause, which became a great grievance. Some of the English chancellors endeavored to restrain this prolixity. By the rules of practice for the courts in equity of the United States it is provided, that in drawing up decrees and orders, neither the bill, nor the answer, nor other pleading nor any part thereof, nor the report of any master, nor any other prior proceedings, shall be stated or recited in the decree or order.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.Recitals are used to explain those matters of fact which are necessary to make the transaction intelligible. It is said that when a deed of defeasance recites the deed which it is meant to defeat, it must recite it truly. In other cases it need not be so particular.
A party who executes a deed reciting a particular fact is estopped from denying such fact; as, when it was recited in the condition of a bond that the obligor had received divers sums of money for the obligee which he had not brought to account, and acknowledged that a balance was due to the obligee, it was holden that the obligor was estopped to say that he had not received any money for the use of the obligee.
In pleading, when public statutes are recited, a small variance will not be fatal, where by the recital the party is not "tied up to the statute;" that is, if the conclusion be contra formam statuti praediti. Private statutes must be recited in pleading, and proved by an exemplified copy, unless the opposite party, by his pleading admit them.
By the plea of nul tiel record, the party relying on a private statute is put to prove it as recited, and a variance will be fatal.
Formerly, in equity, the decree contained recitals of the pleadings in the cause, which became a great grievance. Some of the English chancellors endeavored to restrain this prolixity. By the rules of practice for the courts in equity of the United States it is provided, that in drawing up decrees and orders, neither the bill, nor the answer, nor other pleading nor any part thereof, nor the report of any master, nor any other prior proceedings, shall be stated or recited in the decree or order.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
