Category: R

In a derivative sense, order carried to fastidious excess; system run out into trivial extremes. Webster v. Thompson, 55 Ga. 434.

In the civil law. An action for redhibition. An action to avoid a sale on account of some vice or defect in the thing sold, which renders its use impossible, or so

To bereave, take away, rob. Cowell.

The act of one who has, by law, a right and power of having or doing something of advantage, and declines it Also, the declination of a request or demand, or the

In Spanish law. One of a body, never exceeding twelve, who formed a part of the ayuntamiento. The office of re- gidor was held for life; that is to say, during the

Lat. General rules, which the courts promulgate from . time to time for the regulation of their practice.

The person upon whose complaint, or at whose instance, an information or writ of quo warranto is filed, aud who is quasi the plaintiff In the proceeding.

In feudal law, relieve is to depend; thus, the seigniory of a tenant in capite relieves of the crown, meaning that the tenant holds of the crown. The term is not common

To send or transmit; as to remit money. Potter v. Morland, 3 Cush. (Mass.) 388; Ilollowell v. Life Ins. Co., 126 N. C. 398, 35 S. E. GIG. To give up; to

One who has changed his profession of faith or opinion ; one who has deserted his church or party.

In French law. The inventory or minutes which notaries make of all contracts which take place before them. Merl. Repert

A person who reports the decisions upon questions of law in the cases adjudged in the several courts of law and equity. Wharton.

A government in the republican form; a government of the people ; a government by representatives chosen by the people. See In re Duncan, 139 U. S. 449, 11 Sup. Ct. 573,

Rescue. The taking back by force goods which had been taken under a distress, or the violently taking away a man who is under arrest, and setting him at liberty, or otherwise

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.

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.

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

In old English law. Restraint; detainment; withholding.

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.