Category: R

An abbreviation of “Reg- istrarii Liber,” the register’s book in chancery, containing all decrees.

Lat The queen.

The act of regulating; a rule or order prescribed for management or government; a regulating principle; a precept. See Curry v. Marvin, 2 Fla. 415; Ames v. Union Pac. Ry. Co. (C.

In old conveyancing. A release; an Instrument by which a person re- linquishes to another his right in anything.

In Scotch law. A reletting or renewal of a lease; a tacit relocation is permitting a tenant to hold over without any new agreement In mining law. A new or fresh location

Tbe relation back of a later defective title to an earlier valid title. Re- mitter is where he who has the true property or jus proprietatis in lands, but is out of

In English practice. Refuseing to take upon one’s self the office of executor or executrix. Refuseing to take out probate under a will wherein one has been appointed executor or executrix. Ilolthouse.

In Roman law. The crime of bribery or extortion in a magistrate, or person in any public office. Calvin.

In old English law. An act whereby certain forest grounds, being made purlieu upon view, were by a second view laid to the forest again, put back into the forest Man- wood

Lat In Roman law. A breaking off of the contract of espousals, or of a marriage intended to be solemnized. Sometimes translated “divorce;” but this was not the proper sense. Dig. 50,

Lat. In the civil law. A species of imperial constitution, in the form of an answer to some application or petition ; a rescript. Calvin.

Lat. In old English law. To draw back from a contract before it is made binding. Bract fol. 38.

The hypothecation of the cargo or goods on board a ship as se- curity for the repayment of a loan, the term “bottomry” being confined to hypothecations of the ship herself; but

To limit, confine, abridge, narrow down, or restrict. To prohibit from action; to put compulsion upon; to restrict; to hold or press back. To enjoin, (in equity.)

he return of writs. The indorsement by a sheriff or other officer of liis doings upon a writ.

Looking back; contemplating what is past.

As applied to the income of a government, this is a broad and general term, including all public moneys which the state collects and receives, from whatever source and in whatever manner.

judgment, by lapse of time, or change by dentil, etc., of the parties entitled or liable to execution, the party alleging himself to be entitled to execution might sue out a writ

In English law. The offense of riding or going armed with dan- gerous or unusual weapons is a misdemeanor tending to disturb the public peace by terrifying the good people of the

By the acts 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 15, and 5 & 0 Vict c. 45, the author of a play, opera, or musical composition, or his assignee, lias the sole