Category: R

In Spanish law. The body of regidores, who never exceeded twelve, forming a part of the municipal council, or ayuntamiento, in every capital of a Jurisdiction. 12 Pet. 442, note.

The power to regulate commerce, vested in congress, is the power to prescribe the rules by which it shall be governed, that is, the conditions upon which it shall be conducted, to

In old conveyancing. To release. Relaxavi, relaxasse, luive released. Litt.

Lat In the civil law. A renewal of a lease on Its determination. It may be either express or tacit; the latter Is when the tenant holds over with the knowledge and

Money sent by one person to another, either in specie, bill of ex- change, check, or otherwise.

To reject; cast off; repudiate ; disclaim ; forsake; abandon ; divest one’s self of a right, power, or privilege. Usually it implies an affirmative act of dis- claimer or disavowal.

In Roman law. The terms used to designate such sums of money as the socii of the Roman state, or individuals, claimed to recover from ma

or “Coke.” They are divided into thirteen parts, and the modern editions are in six volumes, including the index.

Rejection; disclaimer; renunciation; the rejection or refusal of an offered or available right or privilege, or of a duty or relation. See Iowa State Sav. Bank v. Black, 91 Iowa, 490, 59

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

A suit is said to be “ripe for judgment” when it is so far advanced, by verdict, default, confession, the determination of all pending motions, or other disposition of preliminary or disputed