Category: R

In old French and Canadian law. Dues payable by a teuant to his lord, not necessarily in money.

In English practice. A second extent made upon lands or tenements, upon complaint made that the former extent was partially performed. Cowell.

The act of a witness who consults his documents, memoranda, or books, to bring more dis- tinctly to his recollection the details of past events or transactions, concerning which he is testifying.

A collection of the ancient laws of Scotland. It is said to have been compiled by order of David I., king of Scotland, who reigned from A. D. 1124 to 1153. Hale,

In the English law of real property, when, after a person has made a grant, the property granted comes back to him, (e. g

A term which, In its widest sense, includes all the kindred of the person spoken of. 2 Jarm. Wills, 061.

An increase of the land by the sudden withdrawal or retrocession of the sea or a river. Hammond v. Shepard, 186 111. 235, 57 N. E. 867, 78 Am. St Rep. 274;

In the civil law. A release of a debt It is conventional, when it is expressly granted to the debtor by a creditor having a capacity to alienate; or tacit, when the

In feudal law, “render” was used in connection with rents and her- iots. Goods subject to rent or heriot-serv- ice were said to lie in render, when the lord might not only

takes place when a person wTho has been expatriated regains his nationality.

In Scotch practice. To replace; to restore to a former state or right. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 351.

In old records. Money paid by servile tenants for exemption from the customary duty of reaping for the lord. Cowell.

Rescission, or the act of rescinding, is where a contract is canceled, annulled, or abrogated by the parties, or one of them. In Spanish law, nullity is divided into absolute and relative.

Relating to the residue; relating to the part remaining.

The temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence; a reprieve; a delay, forbearance, or continuation of time. 4 Rl. Comm. 394; Mishler v. Com., 02 Pa. 55, 1 Am. Rep. 377.

The remedy or recourse which marine underwriters have against each other, according to the date of their assurances, or against the master, if the loss arise through his default, as through ill

The taking one’s goods, from another, who without right has taken possession thereof.

Fr. In old French and Canadian law. The taking back of a fief by the seignior, in case of alienation by the vassal. A right of pre-emption by the seignior, in case

In Saxon law. The court of the revc. reeve, or shire reeve. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 6.

An offense against religion punishable in England by fine and imprisonment 4 Steph. Comm. 208.