Category: R

a new trial that is conducted when an issue has been disputed and decided by court but is being re-examined due to an unfair or improper result.

a residuary gift that is of the remains of an estate after all debts and gifts have been given out.

a writ where an officer of the court needs to give a report on his attempts to carry out the process.

a term where the court asks for the permission to introduce some certain evidence.

these are the laws that refer to the older existing laws that make them apply to the new legislation.

a term used to describe a person who acts with common sense, with a good mental capacity who is stable.

a disposition by will of all of a deceased person’s estate that has not been specifically disposed of.

the report of a court officer that states he has searched for a particular property to be taxes and he can’t find it.

a term that means to carry out again and is often done to show a crime took place.

a local regulation that defines the type of buildings that can be built on particular areas or neighbourhoods.

See halfway house.

a right given to a nation at war being able to stop and search a ship of another country and are spelled out by conventions of war.

this is a court order that authorises an officer to be able to seize and hold property that is involved in a replevin suit.

This the person who is responsible for damage or an act but who can blame someone else for it.

the right of the 2nd amendment to allow people to bear arms.

the name that is given to a writ or a court order that is issued to conform to established law.

a term for asking the court to terminate or dismiss a case. usually asked for by the attorney for the defendant.

the name that si given to the legal obligations between the 2 parties in a law suit.

the term that describes the person who is holding the interest in an estate in the future.

an examination and the review of an existing law with the possibility of restating the law to improve it.