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
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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
upon the account of the reve or bailiff of the manor. Spel. Feuds, c. 24.
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
pan. In Spanish law. A nobleman; a count or baron. 1 White, Recop. 30.
A right of entry is the right of taking or resuming possession of land by entering on it in a peaceable manner.
A technical word, properly used in indictments for riot. It of itself implies force and violence. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 4S9.
In old English law. A scold; a scolding or quarrelsome woman. 4 Bl. Comm. 168.
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.
Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenure without the privilege of nobility; the tenure of a free commoner.
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
Fr. A trick iu war; a stratagem.
This abbreviation may stand either for “Revised Laws” or “Roman law.”
n law, this term is of ex actly equivalent import to “railroad.” See RAILWAY 990
Lat. In the civil law. To hold a thing ratified; to ratify or confirm it Dig. 46, 8, 12, 1.
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.