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In the government survey of the United States, this term is used to de note one of the divisions of a state, and designates a row or tier of townships as they

Lat. Confirmation, agreement, consent, approbation of a contract. Saltmarsh v. Candia, 51 N. II. 76. Ratihabitio mandato scquiparatur. Ratification is equivalent to express command. Dig. 46, 3, 12, 4; Broom, Max. 867;

The abbreviation of “re- cordari facias loquelam,” (q. v.) Re, verbis, scripto, consensu, tradi- tione, junctnra vestes sumere pacta solent. Compacts usually take their clothing from the thing itself, from words, from

Deliberate, organized resistance, by force and arms, to the laws or operations of the government, committed by a subject See Hubbard v. Harnden Exp. Co., 10 R. I. 247; State v. McDonald,

In D French law. A receipt setting forth the ex- ‘ tent of the interest subscribed by a member of a mutual insurance company. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 571. QRECEFTUS. Lat In

In English law. The name by which the jurors impaneled on an assize are known. See RECOGNITION. The word is sometimes met in modern books, as meaning the person who enters into

In the civil law. An action by a defendant against a plaintiff in a former action; a cross-bill or litigation. The term is used in practice in the states of Louisiana and

The demandant in a common recovery, after judgment has been given in his favor.

Lat In Roman law. The governor of a province. Cod. 1, 40.

In old records. A rental, or rent-roll. Cowell.

In commercial law. A draft or bill drawn in the place where the original bill was made payable and where it went to protest, on the place where such original bill was

An officer by whom the order of causes was laid before the Roman emperor, the desires of petitioners made known, and answers returned to them. Vicat, Voc. Jur.; Calvin.

An abbreviation of “Regula Plaeitandi.” rule of pleading.

In American law. A court in the state of Pennsylvania which has jurisdiction in matters of probate.

When a sheriff in the “habere facias sci- sinam” had delivered seisin of more than he ought, this judicial writ lay to make him re-‘ store seisin of the excess. Reg. Jud.

1. Liberation, discharge, or settiug free from restraint or confinement. Thus, a man unlawfully imprisoned may obtain his release ou habeas corpus. Barker v. U. S., 22 Ct. CI. 100. 2. The

One who is entitled to the remainder of the estate after a particular estate carved out of it has expired.

Expostulation ; showing of reasons against something proposed ; a representation made to a court or legislative body wherein certain persons unite in urging that a contemplated measure be not adopted or

Rent

When, after issue has been joined in an action, and a verdict given thereon, the pleading is found (on examination) to have miscarried and failed to effect its proper object, viz., of