Category: R

L. Fr. The king. Roy est l’original de touts franchises. Keilw. 138. The king is the origin of all franchises. Roy n’est lie per ascun statute si il ne soit expressment nosme.

A metaphorical expression, by which is meant that the time mentioned in the statute of limitations is considered as passing. 1 Bouv. Inst. no. 801.

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

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.

A Latin phrase equivalent to “alimony.”

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

Lat. At this point of affairs; in these circumstances.

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

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

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.

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

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;

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

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.

In international law. A communication sent by a diplomatic rep- resentative to his home government, in regard to matters presented to him which he is unable or unwilling to decide without further

The temporal rights and privileges of a bishop. Cowell.

An officer who has the custody or keeping of a registry or register. This word is used in England; “register” is more common in America.

In equity practice. A second hearing of a cause, for which a party who is dissatisfied with the decree entered on the former hearing may apply by petition. 3 Bl. Comm. 453.

At the common law. One brought for the specific recovery of lands, tenements, or hereditaments. Steph. PI. 3; Crocker v. Black. 10 Mass. 448; Hall v. Decker, 48 Me. 250; Doe v.

Any person whose business it is to sell, or offer for sale, real estate for others, or to rent houses, stores, or other buildings, or real estate, or to collect rent for