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REVOCATUR

Lat. It is recalled. This is the term, in English practice, appropriate to signify that a judgment is annulled or set aside for error in fact; If for error in law, it

RIEN

L. Fr. Nothing. It appears in a few law French phrases.

RIGOR JURIS

Lat. Strictness of” law. Latch, 150. Distinguished from gratia curia:, favor of the court.

ROD

A lineal measure of sixteen feet and a half, otherwise called a “perch.”

ROOD OF LAND

The fourth part of an acre in square measure, or one thousand two hundred aud ten square yards.

ROUTOUSLY

In pleading. A technical word in indictments, generally coupled with the word “riotously.” 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 488.

RUNNING LEASE

Where a lease provided that the tenancy should not be confined to any portion of the land granted, but allowed the tenant the use of all the land he could clear, it

RACHETUM

In Scotch law. Ransom; corresponding to Saxon “wcregild,” a pecuniary composition for an offense. Skene; Jacob.

RANK

The order or place in which certain officers are placed in the army and navy, in relation to others. Wood v. U. S., 15 Ct. CI. 158.

READING-IN

In English ecclesiastical law. The title of a person admitted to a rectory or other benefice will be divested unless within two months after actual possession he publicly read in the church

RECESSUS MARIS

Lat. In old English law. A going back; reliction or retreat of the sea.

RECOGNIZE

To try; to examine in order to determine the truth of a matter. Also to enter into a recognizance.

RECONVEYANCE

takes place where a mortgage debt is paid off, and the mortgaged property is conveyed again to the mortgagor or his representatives free from the mortgage debt. Sweet.

RECRIMINATION

A charge made by an accused person against the accuser; in particular a counter-charge of adultery or cruelty made by one charged with the same offense in a suit for divorce, against

RECTORY

Ail entire parish church, with all its rights, glebes, tithes, and other profits whatsoever; otherwise commonly call- el a “benefice.” See Gibson v. Brockway, 8 N. H. 470, 31 Am. Dec. 200;

REDEEM

To buy back. To liberate an estate or article from mortgage or pledge by paying the debt for which it s^ood as security. To repurchase in a literal sense; as, to redeem

REDUBBERS

In criminal law. Those who bought stolen cloth and dyed it of another color to prevent its being identified were anciently so called. Cowell; 3 lust 134.

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