Category: R

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

To replevy; to redeem a thing detained or taken by another by put ting in legal sureties.

or “Coke.” They are divided into thirteen parts, and the modern editions are in six volumes, including the index.

Rejection; disclaimer; renunciation; the rejection or refusal of an offered or available right or privilege, or of a duty or relation. See Iowa State Sav. Bank v. Black, 91 Iowa, 490, 59

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 surplus of a testator’s estate remaining after all the debts and par- ticular legacies have been discharged. 2 Bl. Comm. 514. The “residue” of a testator’s estate and effects means what

The temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence; a reprieve; a delay, forbearance, or continuation of time. 4 Rl. Comm. 394; Mishler v. Com., 02 Pa. 55, 1 Am. Rep. 377.

The remedy or recourse which marine underwriters have against each other, according to the date of their assurances, or against the master, if the loss arise through his default, as through ill

Where copyhold land has been mortgaged by surrender, and the mortgagee has been admitted, then, on the mortgage debt being paid off, the mortgagor is entitled to have the land reconveyed to

To take back. To retract an offer is to withdraw it before acceptance, which the offerer may always do.

The official who conducts a parliamentary election in England. The sheriff In counties, and the mayor in boroughs. Wharton.

A person who is entitled to an estate in reversion. By an extension of its meaning, one who is entitled to any future estate or any property in expectancy.

An ancient writ for recalling a parliament. 4 Inst. 44.

In English law. One of the six clerks in chancery who, in liis turn for one year, kept the controluient books of all grants that passed the great seal. The six clerks

In Scotch law. The right of a cautioner (surety) to demand reimbursement from the principal debtor when he has been compelled to pay the debt. 1 Bell, Comm. 347.

In English practice. A custom observed by serjeants at law, on being called to that degree or order. The rings are given to the judges, and bear certain mottoes, selected by the

In French law. The shore, as of the sea. In English law. A toll anciently paid to the crown for the passage of boats or vessels on certain rivers. Cowell.

Lat. In Roman law. I ask; I request. A precatory expression often used in wills. Dig. 30, 108, 13, 14.

A term which includes oxen, cows, steers, heifers, and such like horned auimals. Cowell.

Roughness; incivility; violence. Touching another with rudeness may constitute a battery.