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REPUGNANCY DOCTRINE

a doctrine stating the first clear statement in a deed, will or other document will be binding despite other statement being ambiguous.

RESIDENT ALIEN

the name that is given to a foreignerwho means to live in the US on a permanent basis.

RULE ABSOLUTE

a rule that will enforce without delay, a peremptory rule. issued by a court when a litigant fails to show sufficient cause why an order shouldn’t be carried out.

RADAR

an electrical device that is used to determine that range, direction or speed of an object.

REFERENCE STATUTES

these are the laws that refer to the older existing laws that make them apply to the new legislation.

REFINANCE

a term applied to the act of taking notes that are the agreements that have been signed to pay and giving them to a finance company specialising in buying notes at a

REBUT AN EQUITY

a term that means to deny and to defeat a claim that seems to be just by producing evidence that the claim is in fact unjustified.

REVENUE OFFICER

the name that si given to an agent of the Internal Revenue Service whose duties are to enforce the IRS code.

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.

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