repair

Verb: To restore to a sound condition that which is decayed, dilapidated, injured, or partially destroyed. 48 Am J1st Spec A § 47. To restore by renewal or replacement of subsidiary parts of a whole. Hammond v El Dorado Springs, 362 Mo 530, 242 SW2d 479, 31 ALR2d 1367. Noun: The act of restoration to a sound, good, or complete state after decay, injury, dilapidation or partial destruction. Goodyear Shoe Machinery Co. v Jackson (CA1 Mass) 112 F 146. It would be in violation of a proper construction of the term "repair" to hold that it included an original improvement, or work of a different character from that previously done. Santa Cruz Rock Pavement Co. v Broderick, 113 Cal 628, 633, 45 P 863. In a contract of sale a covenant to repair, and to replace defective parts of the article contemplates a restoration to the original condition, but does not contemplate the employment of experts to experiment with the article and redesign and reconstruct it. Allegheny County v Maryland Casualty Co. (DC Pa) 42 F Supp 672. Work which may be considered "repairs" within the meaning ofa provision of an instrument which creates a trust and charges the cost of making repairs on the trust property to the income therefrom includes expenditures for modernizing buildings by putting in new fronts, reconstructing a barn, digging a well, the repairing or replacing of roofing and plumbing, cleaning flues, repairing old or installing new heating equipment, painting and papering rooms, and whatever else is reasonably necessary to keep up a house. Anno: 128 ALR 255 et seq. See covenant to repair; good condition and re pair; good repair; habitable repair; necessary repairs.