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REQUIREMENT CONTRACT

an agreement where one party agrees to buy all of the requirements of a product from the other party.

RELEVANT EVIDENCE

the evidence and the testimony that directly relates to the issues disputed or discussed.

REMEDIES

a term that means to be employed by the law to correct an injury or to enforce a legal right.

REENACT

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

RESIDENTIAL RESTRICTION

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

REASONABLE BELIEF

a principle that a law officer can conduct a search or seize a criminal without having a warrant if he is sure a criminal act is in progress or has been committed.

RULE OF REASON

a federal rule that the antitrust law needs to be applied only to the unreasonable restraints of trade.

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.

REAL PROPERTY

a term that is applied to land and immovable property on land such as buildings.

REMEDIAL LAW

the part of the law that details the methods for enforcing your rights.

RATE OF RETURN

the term applied to the percent rate of return from an investment.

RECTIFY

this is a term that means to correct or to amend an incorrect statement or to explain something in a better way.

RULE TO SHOW CAUSE

a rule that orders a party to show why he has not carried out certain acts or why they should not be carried out.

REPUGNANCY DOCTRINE

a doctrine stating the first clear statement in a deed, will or other document will be binding despite other statement being ambiguous.

RESIDENT ALIEN

the name that is given to a foreignerwho means to live in the US on a permanent basis.

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.

RADAR

an electrical device that is used to determine that range, direction or speed of an object.

REFERENCE STATUTES

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

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