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REGULAR ELECTION

A general, usual, or stated election. When applied to elections, the terms “regular” and”general” are used interchangeably and synonymously. The word “regular” is used in reference to a general election occurring throughout

RECEIPTOR

A name given In some of the states to a person who receives from the sheriff goods which the latter has seized under process of garnishment, on giving to the sheriff a

RECLUSION

In French law and In Louisiana. Incarceration as a punishment for crime; a temporary, afflictive, and in- famous punishment, consisting In being con fined at hard labor in a penal institution, and

RECONSTRUCTION

The name commonly given to the process of reorganizing, by acts of congress and executive action, the governments of the states which had passed ordinances of secession, and of re-establishing their constitutional

RECOUPMENT

In practice. Defalcation or discount from a demand. A keeping back something which is due, because there is au equitable reason to withhold it. Torn- lins. Recoupment Is a right of the

REDDENS CAUSAM SCIENTIO

Lat. Giving the reason of his knowledge. In Scotch practice. A formal phrase used In depositions, preceding the statement of the reason of the witness’ knowledge. 2 How. State Tr. 715. Reddere,

REFALO

take It back; a defect against which the seller is bound to warrant. Poth. Cont. Sale, no. 203.

REFER

1. When a case or action involves matters of account or other intricate details which require minute examination, and for that reason are not fit to be brought before a jury, it

REG JUD

An abbreviation of “Regis- trum Judiciale,” the register of judicial writs.

REGIMIENTO

In Spanish law. The body of regidores, who never exceeded twelve, forming a part of the municipal council, or ayuntamiento, in every capital of a Jurisdiction. 12 Pet. 442, note.

REGULATE

The power to regulate commerce, vested in congress, is the power to prescribe the rules by which it shall be governed, that is, the conditions upon which it shall be conducted, to

RELAXARE

In old conveyancing. To release. Relaxavi, relaxasse, luive released. Litt.

RELOCATIO

Lat In the civil law. A renewal of a lease on Its determination. It may be either express or tacit; the latter Is when the tenant holds over with the knowledge and

REMITTANCE

Money sent by one person to another, either in specie, bill of ex- change, check, or otherwise.

RENOUNCE

To reject; cast off; repudiate ; disclaim ; forsake; abandon ; divest one’s self of a right, power, or privilege. Usually it implies an affirmative act of dis- claimer or disavowal.

REPRESENTATIVE

or “Coke.” They are divided into thirteen parts, and the modern editions are in six volumes, including the index.

REPUDIATION

Rejection; disclaimer; renunciation; the rejection or refusal of an offered or available right or privilege, or of a duty or relation. See Iowa State Sav. Bank v. Black, 91 Iowa, 490, 59

RESCRIPTION

In French law. A re- scription is a letter by which one requests some one to pay a certain sum of money, or to account for him to a third person for

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