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In tbe civU law. A

In French law. The in-ventory or minutes which notaries make of all contracts which take place before them. Merl. Repert

Formak-lng repairs. The name of an old writ which lay ln various cases; as if, for instance,-there were three tenants ln common of a mill or house which had fallen into decay, and one of the three was willing to repair it, and tbe other two not; in such case the party who was willing […]

In Spanish law, a judicial proceeding for the partition of prop-erty held ln common. See Steinbach ?. Moore, 30 Cal. 505

Restoration to soundness; supply of loss; reparation; work done to an estate to keep it in good order

The redress of an in-jury; amends for a wrong Inflicted

Lat The defendant being absent; in the absence of the defend-ant

Rent

At eommon law. A certain profit issuing yearly out of lands and tene-ments corporeal; a species of incorporeal hereditament. 2 Bl. Comm. 41. A compensation or return yielded periodically, to a certain amount, out of the profits of some corporeal hereditaments, by the tenant there-of. 2 Steph. Comm. 23. A certain yearly profit ln money, […]

Lat. In old English law. To renew. Annuatim renovare, to renew annually. A phrase applied to profits which are taken and the product renewed again. Amb. 13L

To reject; cast ofT; re-pudiate; disclaim; forsake j abandon ; divest one’s self of a right, power, or privilege. Usually it Implies an affirmative act of dis-dalmer or disavowal

One who has changed his profession of faith or opinion; one who has deserted hls church or party

The act of renewlng or reviving. The substitution of a new grant, engagement, or right, in place of one which has expired, of the snme character and on the same terms and conditions as before; as, the renewal of a note, a lease, a patent. See Carter v. Brooklyn L. Ins. Co., 110 N. Y. […]

Fr. A place appolnt-ed for meeting. Especially used of places appointed for the assembling of troops, the coining together of the ships of a fleet, or tbe meeting of vessels and thelr convoy

or RENIANT. In old Eng-Hsh law. Denylng. 32 Hen. VIII. c. 2

A sudden meetlng; as opposed to a duel, wbich is deliberate

Reward; recompense; salary. Dig. 17, 1, 7

1. An order of court directing the removal of a pauper from the poor district upon which he has illegally become a charge to the district ln which he has his settlement

In practice. A transfer of a suit or cause out of one court into an-other, which is effected by writ of error, certiorari, and the like. 11 Coke, 41

The actual transfer of a pauper, by order of a court having jurisdiction, from a poor district in which he has no settlement, bnt upon which he has become a charge, to the district of hls domicile or settlement

The transfer of a cause from one court to another; com-monly used of the transfer of the Jurisdlc-tion and cognizance of an action commenced but not finally determined, with all further proceedings therein, from one trial court to another trial court. More particularly, the transfer of ‘a cause, before trial or final hearing thereof, from […]

when the fact or facts proposed to be estabUsh

The act

want of dose connection between a wrong and the Injury, as cause and effect, whereby the party injured cannot claim compensation from the wrongdoer. wharton

Expostulation; showing of reasons against something pro-posed; a representation made to a court or legislative body wherein certain persons unite in urging that a contemplated measure be not adopted or passed. See Girvin v. Simon, 127 Cal. 491, 59 Pac. 945; In re Mercer Coun-ty License Applications, 8 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 45

A person who makes a remittance to another

The returning or sending back by a court of appeal of the record and proceedings in a cause, after its decision thereon, to the court whence the appeal came, in order that the cause may be tried anew, (where it is so ordered,) or that judgment may be entered in accordance with the decision on […]

Lat An entry on the record, by which the plaintiff declares that he remits a part of the damages which have been awarded him

Lat. In prac-tice. An entry made on record, in cases where a jury has given greater damages than a plaintiff has declared for, remitting the ex-cess. 2 Tidd, Pr. 896

The relation back of a later defective title to an earlier valid title. Remitter ls where he who has the true property or jus proprietatis in lands, but is out of possession thereof, and has no right to enter without recovering possession in an action, has afterwards the freehold cast upon him by some subsequent […]

Money sent by one per-son to another, either in specie, bill of ex-change, check, or otherwise

A person to whom a re-mittance is made. Story, Bailm. $ 75

Tbe act of sending hack to custody; an annulment, wharton

To send or transmit; as to remit money. Potter v. Morland, 3 Cush. (Mass.) 388; Hollowell v. Life Ins. Co., 126 N. C. 398, 35 S. E. 610

In tbe civil Uw. A release of a debt lt is conventional, when it is expressly granted to the debtor by a cred-itor having a capacity to alienate; or tacit, when the creditor voluntarily surrenders to his debtor the original title, under private signature constituting the obligation. Civ. Code La. art. 2195

This term imports the doing of the act in question in a tardy, neg-ligent, or careless manner; hut it does not apply to the entire omission or forbearance of the act. Baldwin v. United States Tel. Co., 6 Abb. Prac. N. S. (N. I.) 423

In French law. The release of a debt

In English law. officers of the exchequer, whose duty It le to put in remembrance the lord treasurer and the justlces of that court of such things as are to be called and dealt in for the benefit of the crown. Jacob

The remembrancer of the city of London is parliamentary solicitor to the corporation, and is bound to attend ail courts of aldermen aud common council when required. Pull. Laws & Cust. Lond. 122

1. Affording a remedy; giving the means of obtaining redress

Remedy is the means by which the violation of a right is prevented, redressed, or compensated. Remedies are of four kinds: (1) By act of tbe party injured, the principal of which are defense, recaption, distress, entry, abatement, and seizure; (2) by operation of law, as ln the case of retalner and remitter; (3) by […]

In practice. The return made by the sheriff to a writ of execution when he has not been able to sell the property seized, that the same remains unsold for want of buyers

In old English law. A remainder. Spelman. A perpetuity, or perpetual estate. Glan. llb. 7, & 1

To remand a prisoner, after a preliminary or partial hearing before a court or magistrate, ls to send him back to custody, to be kept until the hearing is resumed or the trial comes on

One who is entitled to the remainder of the estate after a partlcular estate carved out of lt has expired

In Sootob law. A re

The remnant of an estate in land, depending upon a particular prior estate created at the same time and by the same instrument, and limited to arise im-mediately on the determination of that es-tate, and not ln abridgment of it. 4 Kent, Comm. 197

Lat ln the civil law. A renewal of a lease on Its determination. It may be either express or tacit; the latter is when the tenant holds over with the knowl-edge and withont objection of the landlord. Mackeld. Rom. Law, f 412

Remains; such as the bones, etc., of saints, preserved with great veneration as sacred memorials. Th^y hnve been forbidden to be used or brought into England. St 3 Jac. I. c. 26

UA. The remainder or debt which a person finds himself debtor iu upon the balancing or liquidation of an account. Hence reliquary, the debtor of a reliqua; as also a person who only pays piece-meal. Enc. Lond