Category: R

The right of passage or of way is a servitude imposed by law or by convention, and by virtue of which one has a right to pass on foot, or horseback, or

A gratuity or reward given to tenants after they had reaped their lord’s corn, or done other customary duties. Cowell.

Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property In the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear. Pen. Code

Peter-] lence, (q. v.) Cowell.

advance toward the commission of an act which would he a riot if actually committed, such assembly is a rout. Pen. Code Cal.

This term is applied to wandering or straying animals.

the damages caused by a collision between the two ships. 3 Kent, Comm. 231; Story, Bailm.

In French law. The right of repurchase which, in English and American law, the vendor may reserve to himself. It is also called “r6mfr6.” Brown.

In the government survey of the United States, this term is used to de note one of the divisions of a state, and designates a row or tier of townships as they

Lat. Confirmation, agreement, consent, approbation of a contract. Saltmarsh v. Candia, 51 N. II. 76. Ratihabitio mandato scquiparatur. Ratification is equivalent to express command. Dig. 46, 3, 12, 4; Broom, Max. 867;

The abbreviation of “re- cordari facias loquelam,” (q. v.) Re, verbis, scripto, consensu, tradi- tione, junctnra vestes sumere pacta solent. Compacts usually take their clothing from the thing itself, from words, from

Deliberate, organized resistance, by force and arms, to the laws or operations of the government, committed by a subject See Hubbard v. Harnden Exp. Co., 10 R. I. 247; State v. McDonald,

In D French law. A receipt setting forth the ex- ‘ tent of the interest subscribed by a member of a mutual insurance company. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 571. QRECEFTUS. Lat In

In English law. The name by which the jurors impaneled on an assize are known. See RECOGNITION. The word is sometimes met in modern books, as meaning the person who enters into

In the civil law. An action by a defendant against a plaintiff in a former action; a cross-bill or litigation. The term is used in practice in the states of Louisiana and

The demandant in a common recovery, after judgment has been given in his favor.

Lat In Roman law. The governor of a province. Cod. 1, 40.

In old records. A rental, or rent-roll. Cowell.

In commercial law. A draft or bill drawn in the place where the original bill was made payable and where it went to protest, on the place where such original bill was

An officer by whom the order of causes was laid before the Roman emperor, the desires of petitioners made known, and answers returned to them. Vicat, Voc. Jur.; Calvin.