Category: R

In English ecclesiastical law. The title of a person admitted to a rectory or other benefice will be divested unless within two months after actual possession he publicly read in the church

Lat. At this point of affairs; in these circumstances.

Lat. In old English law. A going back; reliction or retreat of the sea.

To try; to examine in order to determine the truth of a matter. Also to enter into a recognizance.

takes place where a mortgage debt is paid off, and the mortgaged property is conveyed again to the mortgagor or his representatives free from the mortgage debt. Sweet.

A charge made by an accused person against the accuser; in particular a counter-charge of adultery or cruelty made by one charged with the same offense in a suit for divorce, against

Ail entire parish church, with all its rights, glebes, tithes, and other profits whatsoever; otherwise commonly call- el a “benefice.” See Gibson v. Brockway, 8 N. H. 470, 31 Am. Dec. 200;

To buy back. To liberate an estate or article from mortgage or pledge by paying the debt for which it s^ood as security. To repurchase in a literal sense; as, to redeem

In criminal law. Those who bought stolen cloth and dyed it of another color to prevent its being identified were anciently so called. Cowell; 3 lust 134.

In international law. A communication sent by a diplomatic rep- resentative to his home government, in regard to matters presented to him which he is unable or unwilling to decide without further

The temporal rights and privileges of a bishop. Cowell.

An officer who has the custody or keeping of a registry or register. This word is used in England; “register” is more common in America.

In equity practice. A second hearing of a cause, for which a party who is dissatisfied with the decree entered on the former hearing may apply by petition. 3 Bl. Comm. 453.

The person to whom a release is made.

In practice. The return made by tlie sheriff to a writ of execution when he has not been able to sell the property seized, that the same remains unsold for want of

Want of close connection between a wrong and the injury, as cause and effect, whereby the party injured cannot claim compensation from the wrongdoer. Wharton.

In French law. Rente is the annual return which represents the revenue of a capital or of an immovable alienated. The constitution of rente is a contract by which one of the

In canon law. Where the revenue of a benefice is sufficient to fill or occupy the whole right or title of the graduate who holds it. Wharton.

87 N. J. Eq. 448; Merchants’ Nat. Bank v. Abemathy, 32 Mo. App. 211; Hogan v. Page, 2 Wall. 607, 17 L. Ed. 854 ; Mutual L. Ins. Co. v. Armstrong. 117

An asking or petition; the expression of a desire to some person for something to be granted or done; particularly for the payment of a debt or performance of a contract. The