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RELEGATION

In old English law. Banishment for a time only. Co. Litt. 133.

REMANET

A remnant; that which remains. Thus the causes of which the trial is deferred from one term to another, or from one sittiug to another, are termed “rema- nets.” 1 Archb. Pr.

REMOVAL, ORDER OF

1. An order of court directing the removal of a pauper from the poor district upon which he has illegally become a charge to the district in which he has his settlement.

REPORTS

THE be resorted to for the purpose of trying the right to such property.

REPRIMAND

A public and formal censure or severe reproof, administered to a person in fault by his superior officer or by a body to which he belongs. Thus, a member of a legislative

REREFIEFS

In Scotch law. Inferior fiefs; portions of a fief or feud granted out to inferior tenants. 2 Bl. Comm. 57. Rerum ordo oonfunditnr si nnicuique jurisdictio non servetur. 4 Inst. Proem. The

RESET

The receiving or harboring an outlawed person. Cowell.

RESPONSIBLE

To say that a person is “responsible” means that he is able to pay a sum for which he is or may become liable, or to discharge an obligation which he may

RESUMMONS

In practice. A second summons. The calling a person a second time to answer an action, where the first summons is defeated upon any occasion; as the death of a party, or

RETOUR SANS PROTET

Fr. Return without protest. A request or direction by a drawer of a bill of exchange that, should the bill be dishonored by the drawee, it may be returned without protest.

REVERSIONER

A person who is entitled to an estate in reversion. By an extension of its meaning, one who is entitled to any future estate or any property in expectancy.

REWME

In old records. Realm, or kingdom.

RIGA

In old European law. A species of service and tribute rendered to their lords by agricultural tenants. Supposed by Spelman to be derived from the name of a certain portion of land,

RING-DROPPING

A trick variously practiced. One mode is as follows, the cir- cumstances being taken from 2 East, P. C. 678: The prisoner, with accomplices, being with their victim, pretend to find a

RISK

In insurance law; the danger or hazard of a loss of the property insured; the casualty contemplated in a contract of insurance; the degree of hazard; and, colloquially, the specific house, factory,

ROGATION WEEK

In English ecclesiastical law. The second week before Whit- sunday, thus called from three fasts observed therein, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, called “Rogation days,” because of the extraordinary prayers then made

ROS

A kind of rushes, which some tenants were obliged by their tenure to furnish their lords withal. Cowell.

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