Category: R

THE. The name given, par excellence, to Lord Coke’s Reports, from 14 Eliz. to 13 Jac. I., which are cited as “Rep.” REPOSITION OF THE FOREST 1020

The re-execution or re-establishment by a testator of a will which he had once revoked. A second publication of a will, either expressly or by construction.

In canon law. A term including any form of apostolical letter emanating from the pope. The answer of the pope in writing. Diet. Droit Can. In the civil law. A species of

The act by which an officer renounces the further exercise of his office and returns the same into the bauds of those from whom he received it. In ecclesiastical law. Besignation is

Upon an issue iu law arising upon a dilatory plea, the form of judgment for the plaintiff is that the defendant answer over, which is thence called a judgment of “respondeat ouster.”

it, upon tlie reversal or setting aside of the judgment or order of court under which it was taken from him. Haebler v. Myers, 132 N. Y. 3G3, 30 N. E. 963,15

In Scotch law. A species of lien; the right to retain possession of a chattel until the lienor is satisfied of his claim upon the article itself or its owner.

has the same meaning as “retrospective,” (q. v.)

Sports of dancing, masking, etc., formerly used in priuces’ courts, the inns of court, and noblemen’s houses, commonly performed by night. There was an officer to order and supervise them, who was

To renew, revivify; to make one’s self liable for a debt barred by the statute of limitations by acknowledging it; or for a matrimonial offense, once condoned, by committing another. See Lindsey

A rider, or rider-roll, signifies a schedule or small piece of parchment an- nexed to some part of a roll or record. It is frequently familiarly used for any kind of a

The right to disincumber property or to free it from a claim or lien; specifically, the right (granted by statute only) to free property from the incumbrance of a foreclosure or other

Belonging or relating to tlie bank of a river; of or on the bank. Land lying beyond the natural watershed of a stream is not “riparian.” Bathgate v. Irvine, 120 Cal. 135,

County, 10 Iowa, 175; Com. v. Gammons, 23 Pick. (Mass.) 202; Hutson v. New York, 5 Sandf. (N. Y.) 312; Stedman v. South- bridge, 17 Pick. (Mass.) 104; Horner v. State, 49

Lat. Pilgrims that traveled to Itoiue on foot.

Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenant of land on services exigible either in money or in kind. Steph. Lect. 229. A free commoner; one who held of a

To have currency or legal validity in a prescribed territory; as, the writ runs throughout the county. To have applicability or legal effect during a prescribed period of time; as, the statute

Lat. In feudal law. Natives of a conquered country. In old English law. Inferior country tenants, churls, or cliorls, who held cottages and lands by the services of plowing, and other labors

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