Category: R

These are the heirs who are appointed to inherit an estate when an ancestor dies without a will.

See remainder, contingent.

A term that is used to describe a person who steals cattle.

a privileged of people who are terminally ill and exercise the right to die in a written and notarised document.

a trust that is formed by a group of people who are investing money to buy and sell real estate.

the term that is given to a point in the case where everything that should be done is done before a final judgement is made.

the term used when a person is sent back to jail because he has broken the parole or pardon terms.

the name that is given to a fee given to the attorney when he was engaged by a client.

term that means to give-up or to abandon.

See res judicata.

a clause in a contract that gives both parties the right to cancel in the future.

term that describes the person who is the probate court clerk who records all of the wills.

a writ where an officer of the court needs to give a report on his attempts to carry out the process.

a term when a witness is questioned again after being cross examined by an opposing attorney.

a term used to describe a person who acts with common sense, with a good mental capacity who is stable.

a Latin term that means to give up a defence by the defendant.

a term that means to advise, to suggest, to counsel or to speak in favour of.

term that is used for the bringing of an indictment or a charge before a judge in court.

this is a court order that authorises an officer to be able to seize and hold property that is involved in a replevin suit.

a preceedure where the doubts as to the validity of a title to a property are removed and renders the title clear.