Category: R

See Rides

Span. In Spanish law. A nobleman; a count or baron. 1 white, Re-Cop. 36

Associations or secret so-cieties formed in Ireland, having for their object the dispossession of landlords by mur-der and fire-raising, wharton

A rogue; vagrant; whore-monger; a person given to all manner of wickedness. Cowell

In old records. Realm, or kingdom

A part ln the division of wales before the Conquest; every township

A recompense or premium offered by government or an indlvldual In return for speclal or extraordinary services to be performed, or for special attainments or achievements, or for some act resulting to the benefit of the public; as, a reward for useful inventions, .for the discovery and apprehension of criminals, for the restora-tion of lost […]

The endeavor of the crew of a vessel, or any one or more of them, to overthrow the legitlmate authority of her

Lat. It is recalled. This ls the term, in English practice, appropriate to signify that a judgment is annulled or set aside for error in fact; if for error lu (aw, it is then said to be reversed

To call back; to recall; to annul an act by calling or taking lt back

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Susceptible of being revoked

The recall of some pow-er, authority, or thing granted, or a de-atroying or making void of some deed that had existence until the act of revocation tnade it void. It may be either general, of all acts and things done before; or special, to revoke a particular thlng. 5 Coke, 90. See wilmington City Ry. […]

ILL OF. tn equity, prnc-1 tice. A bill filed for the purpose of reviving qjc calling into operation the proceedings in .n shit, when, from some circumstance, (as the death of the plnlntiff,) the suit hud abated. .

? To review, re-examine for> correction; to go over a thing for the purpose) of. amending, correcting, rearranging, or otherwise improving it ; as, to revise statutes^ or a judgment Casey v. Harned, 5 Iowav 12; Vinsant v. Knox, 27 Ark. 272; Falconer’ V. Robinson, 46 Ala. 34$. < i

A reconsideration; second; view or examination; revision; consideration for purposes of correction. Used especially of the examination of a canse hy an appel-late court, and of a second investigation of a proposed public road by a Jury of viewers. See weehawken wharf Co. v. Knickerbocker Coal Co., 25 Misc. Rep. 300, 54 N. Y. Supp […]

In old European law. To return or resign an investiture, seisin, or, possession that has been received; to rein-vest; to re-enfeoff. Spelman

To vest again. A selsln is said to revest, where lt ls acqulred a second time hy the party out of whom it has been divested. 1 Rop. Husb. & wife, 353

Reversion. A possibility of reverter is that species of reversionary interest whlch exists when the grant is so llmited that it may possibly terminate. 1 washb. Real Prop. 63. See Fobmedon in tub Revebtkb

A person who ls entitled to an estate in reversion. By an ex-tension of its meaning, one who is entitled to any future estate or any property in expectancy

In real property law

That which ls to he enjoyed In reversion

L. Lat. ln old English law. The returning of land to the donor Fleta, llb. 3, cc. 10, 12

See Ebbob

The annulling or making vqld a Judgment on account of some error or irregularity. Usually spoken of the action of an appellate court

ON. In the civU law

In Saxon law. The court of the reve, reeve, or shire reeve. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 6

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Lat In the civil and canon law. The defendant in an action or suit

A Judicial writ, similar’ to the retomo habendo. Cowell

The official who conducts a parliamentary election ln

Coming back to England before the term of punishment is determined

This is the offi-clal title in some of the states of the board of canvassers of elections

L. Fr. An accusation or charge. St. westm. 1, c. 2

The act of a sheriff, con-stable, or other ministerial oflicer, in de-llvering back to the court a writ, notice, or other paper, which he was required to serve or execute, with a brief account of hls do-lngs under the mandate, the time and mode of service or execution, or his failure to accomplish It, as […]

Looking back; contemplating what is past

Lat Back; backward; behind. Retrofeodum, a rereflef, or orriere fief. Spd-man

Lat In practice. An open and voluntary renunciation by a plain-tiff of his suit in court, made when the trial ls called on, by which he forever loses hls action, or is barred from commencing another action for tbe same cause. 3 Bl. Comm. 296; 2 Archb. Pr. K. B. 250

In the law

Fr. In old French and Ca-nadian law. The taking back of a fief by the seignior, in case of alienation by the vassal. A right of pre-emption by the seignior, in case of sale of the land by the grantee

Lat. The ebb or return of a tide. Cowell

L. Lat. In old Scotch law. The power which a superior possessed of paying off a debt due to an adjudging creditor, and takiug a conveyance to the adjudication. BelL

In Spanish iaw. The right of revoking a eontract of sale; the rigbt of redemption of a thing sold. White, New Recop. b. 2, tlt 13, c. 2, | 4

To take back. To retract an offer is to withdraw it before acceptance, which the offerer may always do

Fr. In French law. A formula put upon a bill of exchange to signify that the drawer waives protest, and will not be responsible for costs arising thereon. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 573

Fr. Return without protest. A request or direction by a drawer of a bill of exchange that, should the bill be dishonored by the drawee, it may he returned without protest

In Scotch law. A certified copy of a verdict establishing the legal character of a party as heir to a decedent

In international law. A species of retaliation, which takes place where a government, whose citizens are subjected to severe and stringent regulation or harsh treatment by a foreign government, employs measures of equal severity and harshness upon the subjects of the latter government found within its dominions. See Vattel, lib. 2, c. 18, S 341

In Scotch iaw. To return a writ to the office in chancery from which it lssued

A writ that lies for tbe distrainor of goods (when, on re-plevin brought, he has proved his distress to be a lawful one) against him who was so dis-trained, to have them returned to him according to law, together with damages and costs. Brown