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REVOKE IN PART

a phrase that denotes that some parts of a document are valid and in existence that is different to one revoked in entirety.

RULE OF PROPERTY

a rule or a regulation that governs the ownership or the transfer of property that is often based past procedures in similar matters.

RESTRICTIVE COVENANT

a written agreement that limits the use of property for specific purposes and regulates the structures that may be built on it.

REFRESHING MEMORY

the attempt of an attorney to try to get a witness to remember the facts or things he has forgotten.

REDIRECT EXAMINATION

This si when the party who brought the witness to court questions them after a cross examination.

RIGHT OF APPEAL

the right to appeal to a higher court for a review of a lower court’s judgement.

REBUT AN EQUITY

a term that means to deny and to defeat a claim that seems to be just by producing evidence that the claim is in fact unjustified.

RELEASE AND SATISFACTION

This is the settling of a case where the plaintiff signs a statement that releases the defendant from further liability.

RIGHT OF DOMAIN

a term that is used for a person’s right to the ownership and the possession of land.

RULE ABSOLUTE

a rule that will enforce without delay, a peremptory rule. issued by a court when a litigant fails to show sufficient cause why an order shouldn’t be carried out.

RETURN OF PROCESS

a written report of an officer of the court that details his activities in serving a process.

REVENUE BILLS

These are the group of bills that impose the federal taxes. These bills originate in the House of Representatives.

RES ACCESSORIA

a Latin phrase for something that belongs to or is connected with a principal thing.

RETAINING FEE

the name that is given to a fee given to the attorney when he was engaged by a client.

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