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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.

REVENUE OFFICER

the name that si given to an agent of the Internal Revenue Service whose duties are to enforce the IRS code.

RIGHT OF APPROACH

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.

RETROACTIVE STATUTE

a law that imposes a new obligation on past things or a law that starts from a date in the past.

RULE NISI

A Latin phrase where the ruling of a court becomes final unless one or both parties show cause for it not to be. TLD Example: The divorce decree from the court was a

RECIDIVIST

the term that is used to describe a person who is a habitual criminal.

REENTRY

the act of taking possession back of your property that had been leased to someone else.

RENDER

a term that means to perform a service, to deliver or to yield and give up.

RESPONSIVE PLEADING

the answer to a complaint, a response to a charge that completely answers the charges and may even enter a counterclaim.

RIGHT OF DOMAIN

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

RECURRENT INSANITY

The term that is given to a mental illness that is temporary but can recur from time to time.

RAPE SHIELD LAW

a shield law that is designed to protect the victims of rape from being asked about their past sexual conduct.

REGISTERED VOTER

a person who has recorded his name in the voting register and is entitled legally to cast a vote.

RELEASE ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE

abbreviated to ROR when a person is released on a pledge to appear in court to answer the charges against him at a later date.

RATE FIXING

the authority of a state to set the rates that a company or a public utility can charge its customers.

RETURN TO WRIT

a report and the response of an officer of the court to a writ or to a process.

RENDER JUDGMENT

a term that means to give forth a verdict or decision or to pronounce.

REMAINDER VESTED

an estate that goes to a certain person to be enjoyed by them until some time in the future when something occurs.

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