1. Mental conversion of an abstract concept into a material thing.
2. Civil procedure. Identification of the disputed thing in a nonpersonal action and attribution of an in-state situs to it for jurisdictional purposes.
3. Commercial law. Embodiment of a right to payment in a writing (such as a negotiable instrument) so that a transfer of the writing also transfers the right. — reify (ree-[schwa]-fIorray-), vb.
