Category: R

A writ of right of dower whereof the widow had nothing, which lay where her deceased husband, having divers lands or tenements, had assured no dower to his wife, and she thereby

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.

In practice. A female relator or petitioner.

When religious books or reading are spoken of, those which tend to promote the religion taught by the Christian dispensation must be considered as referred to, unless the meaning is so limited

Tbe act of sending back to custody; an annulment. Wharton.

The act of renewing or reviving. The substitution of a new grant, engagement, or right, in place of one which has expired, of tlie same character and on the same terms and

In the civil law. A demand or action for the restoration of money paid under mistake, or goods delivered by mistake or on an unperformed condition. Dig. 12, 6. See SOLUTIO INDEBITI.

THE. The name given, par excellence, to Lord Coke’s Reports, from 14 Eliz. to 13 Jac. I., which are cited as “Rep.” REPOSITION OF THE FOREST 1020

The re-execution or re-establishment by a testator of a will which he had once revoked. A second publication of a will, either expressly or by construction.

In canon law. A term including any form of apostolical letter emanating from the pope. The answer of the pope in writing. Diet. Droit Can. In the civil law. A species of

The act by which an officer renounces the further exercise of his office and returns the same into the bauds of those from whom he received it. In ecclesiastical law. Besignation is

Upon an issue iu law arising upon a dilatory plea, the form of judgment for the plaintiff is that the defendant answer over, which is thence called a judgment of “respondeat ouster.”

it, upon tlie reversal or setting aside of the judgment or order of court under which it was taken from him. Haebler v. Myers, 132 N. Y. 3G3, 30 N. E. 963,15

In Scotch law. A species of lien; the right to retain possession of a chattel until the lienor is satisfied of his claim upon the article itself or its owner.

has the same meaning as “retrospective,” (q. v.)