Category: R

grantor creates, and reserves to himself, some right, interest, or profit in the estate granted, which had no previous existence as such, but is first called into being by the instrument reserving

In Scotch conveyanciug. Having the quality or effect of resolving or extinguishing a right. Bell. Resolnto jure concedentis resolvitnr jus concessum. The right of the grantor being extinguished, the right granted is

The obligation to answer for an act done, and to repair any injury it may have caused.

In law, a thing is said to result when, after having been ineffectually or only partially disposed of, it comes back to its former owner or his representatives. Sweet.

Fr. In French law. A formula put upon a bill of exchange to signify that the drawer waives protest, and will not be responsible for costs arising thereon. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law,

This is the official title in some of the states of the board of canvassers of elections.

In real property law. A reversion is the residue of an estate left by operation of law in the grantor or his heirs, or in the heirs of a testator, commencing in

A recompense or premium offered by government or an individual in return for special or extraordinary services to be performed, or for special attainments or achievements, or for some act resulting to

A coppice or thicket Cowell.

A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for illegitimate or selfish purposes; as to control elections or political affairs, distribute offices, obtain contracts, control the market or the stock-exchange, etc. Schomberg v.

Properly the final adjournment of the court for the term, though the term is also sometimes used to express the cessation of judicial business for the day or for a recess; it

in making a nuncupative will, is where the testator formally calls upon the persons present to bear witness that he has declared his will. Williams’ Ex’rs, 110; Browne, Prob. Br. 59.

The document with which an abstract of title properly commences is called the “root” of the title. Sweet.

Of or pertaining to or proceeding from the king or sovereign in a mon- archical government.

A running policy is one which contemplates successive in- surances, and which provides that the object ‘of the policy may be from time to time defined, especially as to the subjects of

A rent of the full value of the tenement, or near it. 2 Bl. Comm. 43.

In criminal law. Plunder; pillage; robbery. In the civil law, rapina is defined as the forcible and violent taking of another man’s movable property with the criminal intent to appropriate it to

Lat. On account of inability. A ground of qualified property in some animals ferce naturw; as in the young ones, while they are unable to fly or run. 2 Bl. Comm. 3,

In common law. Relating to land, as distinguished from personal property. This term is applied to lands, tenements, and hereditaments. In the civil law. Relating to a thing, (whether movable or Immovable,)

In the law of evidence. A presumption which may be rebutted by evidence. Otherwise called a “disputable” presumption. A species of legal presumption which holds good until disproved. Best, Pres.