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Proportional or relative value, measure, or degree; the proportion or standard by which quantity or value is adjusted. Thus, the rate of interest is the proportion or ratio between the principal and

In criminal law. An unlawful taking of a woman, or of an heir in ward. Rape.

This is where an insurer procures the whole or a part of the sum which he has insured (i. e., contracted to pay in case of loss, death, etc.) to be insured

A name given In some of the states to a person who receives from the sheriff goods which the latter has seized under process of garnishment, on giving to the sheriff a

In French law and In Louisiana. Incarceration as a punishment for crime; a temporary, afflictive, and in- famous punishment, consisting In being con fined at hard labor in a penal institution, and

The name commonly given to the process of reorganizing, by acts of congress and executive action, the governments of the states which had passed ordinances of secession, and of re-establishing their constitutional

In practice. Defalcation or discount from a demand. A keeping back something which is due, because there is au equitable reason to withhold it. Torn- lins. Recoupment Is a right of the

A writ of right, when or because the lord haul remitted his court, which lay where lands or tenements in the seignory of any lord were in demand by a writ of

Lat. Giving the reason of his knowledge. In Scotch practice. A formal phrase used In depositions, preceding the statement of the reason of the witness’ knowledge. 2 How. State Tr. 715. Reddere,

take It back; a defect against which the seller is bound to warrant. Poth. Cont. Sale, no. 203.

1. When a case or action involves matters of account or other intricate details which require minute examination, and for that reason are not fit to be brought before a jury, it

An abbreviation of “Regis- trum Judiciale,” the register of judicial writs.

In Spanish law. The body of regidores, who never exceeded twelve, forming a part of the municipal council, or ayuntamiento, in every capital of a Jurisdiction. 12 Pet. 442, note.

The power to regulate commerce, vested in congress, is the power to prescribe the rules by which it shall be governed, that is, the conditions upon which it shall be conducted, to

In old conveyancing. To release. Relaxavi, relaxasse, luive released. Litt.

Lat In the civil law. A renewal of a lease on Its determination. It may be either express or tacit; the latter Is when the tenant holds over with the knowledge and

Money sent by one person to another, either in specie, bill of ex- change, check, or otherwise.

To reject; cast off; repudiate ; disclaim ; forsake; abandon ; divest one’s self of a right, power, or privilege. Usually it implies an affirmative act of dis- claimer or disavowal.

In Roman law. The terms used to designate such sums of money as the socii of the Roman state, or individuals, claimed to recover from ma

or “Coke.” They are divided into thirteen parts, and the modern editions are in six volumes, including the index.