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Category: R

RIGHT OF APPROACH

a right given to a nation at war being able to stop and search a ship of another country and are spelled out by conventions of war.

RETROACTIVE STATUTE

a law that imposes a new obligation on past things or a law that starts from a date in the past.

RULE NISI

A Latin phrase where the ruling of a court becomes final unless one or both parties show cause for it not to be. TLD Example: The divorce decree from the court was a

RECIDIVIST

the term that is used to describe a person who is a habitual criminal.

REENTRY

the act of taking possession back of your property that had been leased to someone else.

RENDER

a term that means to perform a service, to deliver or to yield and give up.

RESPONSIVE PLEADING

the answer to a complaint, a response to a charge that completely answers the charges and may even enter a counterclaim.

RIGHT OF DOMAIN

a term that is used for a person’s right to the ownership and the possession of land.

RECURRENT INSANITY

The term that is given to a mental illness that is temporary but can recur from time to time.

RAPE SHIELD LAW

a shield law that is designed to protect the victims of rape from being asked about their past sexual conduct.

REGISTERED VOTER

a person who has recorded his name in the voting register and is entitled legally to cast a vote.

RELEASE ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE

abbreviated to ROR when a person is released on a pledge to appear in court to answer the charges against him at a later date.

RATE FIXING

the authority of a state to set the rates that a company or a public utility can charge its customers.

RETURN TO WRIT

a report and the response of an officer of the court to a writ or to a process.

RENDER JUDGMENT

a term that means to give forth a verdict or decision or to pronounce.

REMAINDER VESTED

an estate that goes to a certain person to be enjoyed by them until some time in the future when something occurs.

REMOVAL OF CAUSE

a transfer of a law suit from one court to another court done because a court may lack the jurisdiction to try the case.

RETRIAL

a new trial that is conducted when an issue has been disputed and decided by court but is being re-examined due to an unfair or improper result.

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