Category: R

In Scotch law. The right of a cautioner (surety) to demand reimbursement from the principal debtor when he has been compelled to pay the debt. 1 Bell, Comm. 347.

lating to the shore of the sea or other tidal water, or of a lake or other considerable body of water not having the character of a water-course. But this is not

In maritime law. A known general station for ships, notoriously used as such, and distinguished by the name; and not any spot where an anchor will find bottom and fix Itself. 1

The statute 23 & 24 Vict c. 134, providing a method for enjoying estates given upon ROMAN LAW 1045

A circle divided from the center, like Arthur’s round table, whence its supposed origin. In each compartment is a signature, so that the entire circle, when filled, exhibits a list, without priority

In American law. A watercourse of small size. Webb v. Bedford, 2 Bibb. (Ky.) 354.

Lat. A rude, unlearned, or unlettered tribunal; a term some- times applied to arbitrators selected by the parties to settle a dispute. See Underbill v. Van Cortlandt, 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.)

A tribe, people, or nation, belonging or supposed to belong to the same stock or lineage. “Race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” Const U. S., Am. XV.

Sax. In Saxon and old English law. Open theft, or robbery.

The confirmation of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another; confirmation of a voidable act See Story, Ag.

In Spanish law. Cause, (causa.) Las Partidas. pt. 4, tit. 4, 1. 2.

A second attachment of him who was formerly attached, and dismissed the court without day, by the not coming of the justices, or some such casualty. Reg. Orig. 35.

A receiver is an indifferent person between the parties appointed by the court to collect and receive the rents, issues, and profits of land, or the produce ot personal estate, or other

Ratification; confirmation ; an acknowledgment that something done by another person in one’s name had one’s authority. An inquiry conducted by a chosen body of men, not sitting as part of the

seems to be used to signify that a person has recovered an in- corporeal hereditament of which he had been wrongfully deprived. Thus, “A. is dis- seised of a maunor, whereunto an

The phrase “without recourse” is used in the form of making a qualified or restrictive indorsement of a bill or note. By these words the iudorser signifies that, while he transfers his

An abolished writ on disclaimer.

Lat. He has rendered himself. In old English practice. A term applied to a principal who had rendered himself in discharge of his bail. Holthouse.

In old English law. A second disseisin of a person of the same ten- ements, and by the same disseisor, by whom be was before disseised. 3 Bl. Comm. 188.

In practice. A person to whom a cause pending in a court is referred by the court, to take testimony, hear the parties. and report thereon to the court. See REFER. And