Category: R

In practice. A forsaking, abandoning, renouncing, or giving over a right

when religious books, or reading are spoken of, those which tend to promote the religion taught by the Christian dispensation must be considered as referred to, unless the meaning ls so limited by associated words or circumstances as to show that the speaker er writer had reference to some other mode of worship. Simpson v. […]

In feudal law, relieve is to depend; thus, the seigulory of a tenant in capite relieves of the crown, meaning that the tenant holds of the crown. The term is not common in English writers. Sweet

An Increase of the land by the sudden withdrawal or retrocessiou of the sea or a river. Hammond v. Shepard, 186 111. 235, 57 N. E. 867, 78 Am. St Rep. 274; Sapp v. Frazier, 51 La. Ann. 1718, 26 South. 378, 72 Am. St Rep. 493

1. In feudal law. A sum pay-able hy the new tenant, the duty heing inci-dent to every feudal tenure, by way of fine or composition with the lord for taking np the estate w’hich was lapsed or fallen in hy the death of the last tenant At oue time the amount was arbitrary, but afterwards […]

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This term is applied to the survivor of a pair of married people, whether the survivor ls the husband or the wife; it means the relict of the united pair, (or of the marriage union,) not the relict of the deceas-ed Individual. Spltler v. Heeter, 42 ohio St. 10L

Applying to the matter in question; affording something to the purpose

In old English lnw. Banishment for a time only. Co. Litt. 133

or RELEASOR. The maker of a release

The person to whom a re-lease is made

In old Scotch practice. Letters passlng the signet by whlch a debtor was relaxed [released] from the horn; that ls, from personal diligence. Bell

1. Liberation, discharge, or setting free from restraint or confinement. Thus, a man unlawfully imprisoned may obtain his release on habeas corpus. Parker v

In old conveyancing. A release; an Instrument by which a person relinquishes to another his right in anything

X. In practice. A female relator or petitioner

In oid conveyancing. To release. Relaxavi, relaxasse, have released. IAtt | 445

The person upon whose complaint, or at whose instance, an information or writ of quo warranto is filed, and who is quasi the plaintiff in the proceeding

A term which, ln its widest sense, lncludes all the kindred of the person spoken of. 2 Jarm. wills, 66L

A kinsman; a person con-nected with another by blood or affinity

1. A relative or kinsman; a person connected by consanguinity or affln-ity

Rejoining vol-untarlly, or wlthout being required to do so by a rule to rejoin, when a defendant was under terms to rejoin gratis, he had to de-liver a rejolnder, without putting the plain-tiff to the necesslty and expense of obtaining a rule to rejoin. 10 Mees. & W. 12; Lush, Pr. 396; Brown

In pleading. To answer a plaintiff’s replication ln an action at law, by some matter of fact

In common-law plead-ing. The second pleadlng on the part of the defendant, being hls answer of matter of fact to the plalntlff*s replication

To place again in a former state, condition, or office; to restore to a state or position from which the object or person had been removed. See Collins v

A contract of rein-sura nee is one by which an Insurer procures a third person to insure him against ioss or liability hy reason of such original Insurance. Civ. Code Cal. 8 2646. And see People v. Miller, 177 N. Y. 515, 70 N. E. 10; Iowa L

Lat Thlngs in-tervening; that ls, things done by one of the partles to a contract, ln the falth of Its va-lldity, and with the assent of the other par-ty, and whlch have so affected his situation that the other will not be allowed to repudi-ate his obligation, although originally lt was imperfect, and he might […]

A robbery. CoweU

In French and Sootob oriminal law. The reinstatement of a’ criminal in hls personal rights which be has lost by a judicial sentence. Brande

In equity practice. A second hearing of a cause, for which a party who is dissatisfied with the decree entered on the former hearing may apply by petition. 3 Bl. Comm. 453. See Belmont v. Erie R. Co., 62 Barb. (N. Y.) 651; Emerson v. Davies, 8 Fed. Cas. 626; Read v. Patterson, 44 N. […]

In Scotch and French criminal law. To reinstate a crimlnal in his personal rights which he has lost by a judicial sentence. Brande

Lat. In Saxon law. A tltle sometlmes glven to the earl or come8, in old charters. Spelman

The act of regulating, a rule or order prescribed for management ,or government; a regulatlng prlnclple; a precept. See Curry v. Marvin, 2 Fla. 415; Ames v. Unlon Pac. Ry. Co. (C. C.) 64 Fed. 178; Hunt v. Lambertville, 45 N. J. Law, 282

The power to regulate commerce, vested ln congress, ls the power to preserlbe the rules by which lt shall be governed, that ls, the condltlons upon whlch lt shall be conducted, to determlne when lt shall be free, and when subject to duties or other exactions. Tbe power also embraces within lts control all the […]

Those who profess and follow a certain rule of life, (regula,) be-long to a religious order, and observe the three approved vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, wharton

In the English law of real property, when, after a person has made a grant, the property granted comes back to him, (e. g., by escheat or forfeiture,) and he grants lt again, he is said to regrant it. The phrase is chiefly used in the law of copy-holds

According to rule; as dls-tinguished from that which violates the rule or follows no rule

Lat. General rules, whlch the courts promulgate from time to time for the regulation of their practice

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A name given to the people of Surrey and Sussex, and on the seacoasts of Hampshire. Blount

One having authority as a king; one in the exercise of royal authority

In Spanish colonial law. A written instruction given by a com-petent authority, without the observance of any peculiar form. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 93, note

A register, or book author-lzed or recognized by law, kept for the recording or registration of facts or documents

A royal professor or reader of lectures founded in the English universities by the king. Henry VIII. founded in each of the universities five professorships, viz., of divinity, Greek, Hebrew, law, and physic. Cowell

The register of writs, (q. v

In old Engllsh law. A notary; a registrar or register

Recording; Inserting In an official register; the act of making a list, catalogue, schedule, or register, particu-larly of an official character, or of making entries therein. In re Supervisors of Election (C. C.) 1 Fed. 1

Entered or recorded In some official register or record or list

In American law. A court in the state of Pennsylvania which has jurisdiction in matters of probate

Lat. The queen

A writ whereby the sovereign gives his assent to the election of a bishop. Reg. orig. 294