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REG ORIG

An abbreviation of “Reg- istrum Originate,” the register of original writs.

REGIO ASSENSU

A writ whereby the sovereign gives his assent to the election of a bishop. Reg. Orig. 294.

REGULUS

Lat. In Saxon law. A title sometimes given to the earl or comcs, In old charters. Spelman. REHABERE FACIAS SEISIN AM 1010 RELATION

RELEASE

1. Liberation, discharge, or settiug free from restraint or confinement. Thus, a man unlawfully imprisoned may obtain his release ou habeas corpus. Barker v. U. S., 22 Ct. CI. 100. 2. The

REMAINDER-MAN

One who is entitled to the remainder of the estate after a particular estate carved out of it has expired.

REMONSTRA NCE

Expostulation ; showing of reasons against something proposed ; a representation made to a court or legislative body wherein certain persons unite in urging that a contemplated measure be not adopted or

REPLEADER

When, after issue has been joined in an action, and a verdict given thereon, the pleading is found (on examination) to have miscarried and failed to effect its proper object, viz., of

REPRESENT

To exhibit; to expose before the eyes. To represent a thing is to produce it publicly. Dig. 10, 4, 2, 3. To represent a person is to stand in his place ;

REPUGNANT

That which is contrary to what is stated before, or insensible. A repugnant condition is void. Repntatio est vulgaris opinio nhi non est Veritas. Et vulgaris opinio est duplex, sell.: Opinio vulgaris

RESCUSSOR

In old English law. A rescuer; one who commits a rescous. Cro. Jac. 419; Cowell.

RESISTANCE

The act of resisting opposition ; the employment of forcible means to prevent the execution of an endeavor in which force is employed. See U. S. v. Jose (C. C.) 63 Fed.

RESPOKDERE NON DEBET

Eat. In pleading. The prayer of a plea where the defendant insists that he ought not to answer, as when he claims a privilege; for example, as being a member of congress

RESTRAINT

Confinement, abridgment, or limitation. Prohibition of action; holding or pressing back from action. Hindrance, confinement, or restriction of liberty. “What, then, according to a common unaer- standing, is the meaning of the

RETORSION

In international law. A species of retaliation, which takes place where a government, whose citizens are subjected to severe and stringent regulation or harsh treatment by a foreign government, employs measures of

RETTE

L. Fr. An accusation or charge. St. Westm. 1, c. 2.

REVERSE, REVERSED

A term frequently used in the judgments of an appellate court, in disposing of the case before it. It then means “to set aside; to annul; to va- cate.” Laithe v. McDonald,

REVOCATION

The recall of some power, authority, or thing granted, or a destroying or making void of some deed that had existence until the act of revocation made it void. It may be

RIDINGS,

(corrupted from trithinps.) Tlie names of the parts or divisions of York- shire, which, of course, are three only, viz., East hiding. North Riding, and West Riding.

RIGHT TO REDEEM

The term “right of redemption,” or “right to redeem,” is familiarly used to describe the estate of the debtor when uuder mortgage, to be sold at auction, in contradistinction to an absolute

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