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RESIDUUM

That which remains after any process of separation or deduction; a residue or balance. That which remains of a decedent’s estate, after debts have been paid and legacies deducted. See Parsons v.

RESPONDE BOOK

In Scotch practice. A book kept by the directors of chancery, in which are entered all non-entry and relief duties payable by heirs who take precepts from chancery. Bell.

RESTITUTIO IN INTEGRUM

Lat. In the civil law. Restoration or restitution to the previous condition. This was effected by the praetor on equitable grounds, at the prayer of an injured party, by rescinding or annulling

RETENEMENTUM

In old English law. Restraint; detainment; withholding.

RETRIBUTION

This word is sometimes used in law, though not commonly in modern times, as the equivalent of “recompense,” or a payment or compensation for services, property, use of an estate, or other

REVERSIONARY

upon the account of the reve or bailiff of the manor. Spel. Feuds, c. 24.

REVIVAL

The process of renewing the operative force of a judgment which has re- mained dormant or unexecuted for so long a time that execution cannot be issued upon it without new process

RICOHOME

pan. In Spanish law. A nobleman; a count or baron. 1 White, Recop. 30.

RIGHT OF ENTRY

A right of entry is the right of taking or resuming possession of land by entering on it in a peaceable manner.

RIOTOUSLY

A technical word, properly used in indictments for riot. It of itself implies force and violence. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 4S9.

RIXATRIX

In old English law. A scold; a scolding or quarrelsome woman. 4 Bl. Comm. 168.

ROLLING STOCK

The portable or movable apparatus and machinery of a railroad, particularly such as moves on the road, viz., engines, cars, tenders, coaches, and trucks. Seo Benrdsley v. Ontario Bank, 31 Barb. (N.

ROTURE

Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenure without the privilege of nobility; the tenure of a free commoner.

RUMOR

Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to an- other without any known authority for the truth of it. Webster. It Is not generally admissible in evidence. State

R L

This abbreviation may stand either for “Revised Laws” or “Roman law.”

RAILWAY

n law, this term is of ex actly equivalent import to “railroad.” See RAILWAY 990

RATAM REM HABERE

Lat. In the civil law. To hold a thing ratified; to ratify or confirm it Dig. 46, 8, 12, 1.

RAVISHED

In criminal practice. A material word in indictments for rape. Whart. Crim. Law,

REASONABLE

Agreeable to reason; just; proper. Ordinary or usual

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