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In criminal practice. A material word in indictments for rape. Whart. Crim. Law,
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In criminal practice. A material word in indictments for rape. Whart. Crim. Law,
Agreeable to reason; just; proper. Ordinary or usual
A receipt is the written acknowledgment of the receipt of money, or a thing of value, without containing any affirmative obligation upon either party to it; a mere admission of a fact,
A subdivision of a state created by legislative authority, for the purpose of reclaiming swamp, marshy, or desert lands within its boundaries and rendering them fit for habitation or cultivation, generally with
In the civil law. A rerewing of a former lease; relocation. Dig. 19, 2, 13, 11; Code Nap. arts. 1737-1740.
To deduct defalk, discount, set off, or keep back; to withhold part of a demand.
A writ of right, of the reasonable part, which lay between privies in blood; as brothers in gavelkind, sisters, and other coparceners, for land in fee-simple. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 9.
Lat In conveyancing. Rendering; yielding. The technical name of that clause in a conveyance by which the grantor creates or reserves some new tiling to himself, out of what he had before
In the civil law. A defect in an article sold, for which the seller may be compelled to REDISSEISIN 1004
In the civil law. Reparation ; re-establishment of a building. Dig. 19, 1, 6. 1.
An abbreviation of “Regula Generalis,” a general rule, (of court.)
In French law. A system of rules or regulations.
According to rule; as distinguished from that which violates the rule or follows no rule. According to rule; as opposed to that which constitutes an exception to the rule or is not
In practice. A female relator or petitioner.
When religious books or reading are spoken of, those which tend to promote the religion taught by the Christian dispensation must be considered as referred to, unless the meaning is so limited
Tbe act of sending back to custody; an annulment. Wharton.
The act of renewing or reviving. The substitution of a new grant, engagement, or right, in place of one which has expired, of tlie same character and on the same terms and
In the civil law. A demand or action for the restoration of money paid under mistake, or goods delivered by mistake or on an unperformed condition. Dig. 12, 6. See SOLUTIO INDEBITI.
THE. The name given, par excellence, to Lord Coke’s Reports, from 14 Eliz. to 13 Jac. I., which are cited as “Rep.” REPOSITION OF THE FOREST 1020
The re-execution or re-establishment by a testator of a will which he had once revoked. A second publication of a will, either expressly or by construction.