Category: R

The person to whom a release is made.

In practice. The return made by tlie sheriff to a writ of execution when he has not been able to sell the property seized, that the same remains unsold for want of

Want of close connection between a wrong and the injury, as cause and effect, whereby the party injured cannot claim compensation from the wrongdoer. Wharton.

In French law. Rente is the annual return which represents the revenue of a capital or of an immovable alienated. The constitution of rente is a contract by which one of the

In canon law. Where the revenue of a benefice is sufficient to fill or occupy the whole right or title of the graduate who holds it. Wharton.

87 N. J. Eq. 448; Merchants’ Nat. Bank v. Abemathy, 32 Mo. App. 211; Hogan v. Page, 2 Wall. 607, 17 L. Ed. 854 ; Mutual L. Ins. Co. v. Armstrong. 117

An asking or petition; the expression of a desire to some person for something to be granted or done; particularly for the payment of a debt or performance of a contract. The

In English law. The second sealing of a writ by a master so as to continue it, or to cure it of an irregularity.

The determination or decision, in regard to its opinion or intention, of a deliberative or legislative body, public assembly, town council, board of directors or the like. Also a motion or formal

He who appears and answers for another in court at a day assigned; a proctor, attorney, or deputy. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 109.

An indorsement may be so worded as to restrict the further negotiability of the instrument, and it is then called a “restrictive indorsement.” Thus, “Pay the contents to J. S. only,” or

In Scotch law. A certified copy of a verdict establishing the legal character of a party as heir to a decedent.

In practice. To be returned; requiring a return. When a writ Is said to be “returnable” on a certain day, It is meant that on that day the officer must return it.

See ERUOB.

The endeavor of the crew of a vessel, or any one or more of them, to overthrow the legitimate authority of her commander, with intent to remove him from his command, or

In old English law. After-county; i. e., after the end of the county court. A time and place appointed by the sheriff for tlie receipt of the king’s money after the end

In medical jurisprudence. Cadaveric rigidity; a rigidity or stiffening of the muscular tissue and joints of the body, which sets in at a greater or less interval after death, but usually within

L. Lat In the civil law. A chest for the keeping of clothing. Calvin.

Lat. In Roman law. An asking for a law ; a proposal of a law for adoption or passage. Derivatively, a law passed by such a form.

The same as “stock of descent.”