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An ancient code of laws by which the Ripuarii, a tribe of Franks who occupied the country upon the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, were governed. They were first reduced to

Fr. A word anciently used by sailors for the cargo of a ship. The Italian “roba” had the same meaning.

A tract of land in the county of Kent, England, containing twenty- four thousand acres, governed by certain ancient and equitable laws of sewers, composed by Henry de Bathe, a venerable judge

Fr. In French insurance law. The way that is taken to make the voyage insured. The direction of the voyage assured.

Days counted in their regular succession on the calendar, including Sundays and holidays. Drown v. Johnson, 10 Mees. & W. 334; dwell v. Rar- reda, 10 Gray (Mass.) 472; Davis v. Pender-

Lat. In the civil law. Things extracted from land; as sand, chalk, coal, and such other matters.

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.

An abbreviation of “Regula Plaeitandi.” rule of pleading.