R & ia Fed
321; Claflin v. McDermott
Terms beginning with "R" (401 total)
R. ‘A
59; Hastings v. Columbus, 42 Ohio St.
R. (N. Y.) 475
POST NATUS. Born afterwards. A term applied by old writers to a second or younger son. It is used in private international law to designate a person who was born efter some historic event, (such as the American Revolutio...
R. & B. Co
v. Ward. 37 Ga. 515.—Laws of war. See Law.—Mixed war. A mixed war is one which is made on one side by public authority, and on the other by mere private persons. People v. McLeod, 1 Hill (N. Y¥.) 377, 415, 37 Am. De...
R. A. 114; Fidelity & Casualty Co
v. Johnson, 72 Miss. 333, 17 South. 2, 30 L. R. A. 206.
R. A. 189; Rieh
v. Railroad oe 87. .N.. ¥e 390.
R. A. 418; Mobile & O. R. Co
v. Whitney, 39 Ala. 471.
R. A. 618, 42 Am. St. Rep
55.—Going off - See “GOING BEFORE THE WIND,” gupra.—Going price. The prevalent price: the current market value of the article in question at the time and place of sale. Kelsea v. Haines, 1 oN. H. —Going throurh...
R. A. 623, 61 Am. St. Rep
30.—Legal notice. Such notice as is adequate in point of law; such notice as the law requires to be given for the specific purpose or in the particular case. See Sanborn v. Piper, 64 N. H. 335, 10 Atl. 63); People’s ...
R. A. 696, 41 Am. St. Rep
589: Holt v. Bir mingham, 111 Ala. 369, 19 South. 735.
R. A. 708, 16 Am. St. Rep
231; In _re Lesser (D. C.) 100 Fed. 436.—First lien. One which takes priority or precedence over all other charges or incumbrances upon the same piece of property, and which must be satisfied before such other char are...
R. A. 729; Bullock v. Guilford, 50 Vt
516, 9 Atl. 860; Fenton v. Edwards, 126 Cal. 43, 58 Pac. 320, 46 L. R. A. 832, 77 Am. St. Rep. 141.
R. A. 764. The term “infamous”’—4é
e., without fame or good report—was applied at common law to certain crimes, upon the conviction of which a person became incompetent to testify as a witness, upon the theory that a person would not commit so heinous a...
R. Co
v. Milwaukee, etc., R. Co., 95 Wis. 561, 70 N. W. 678, 37 L. R. A. 856, 60 Am.. v. Ramsey, 53 Ark. 314, 13 S. W. 981, 8 L. R. A. 559, 22 Am. St. Rep. 195. v. Pennsylvania, 145 U. 8. 192, 12 Sup. (C. C.) 26 Fed. 480; H...
R. Co., 102 U. S. 580, 26 L. Ed
225; Weldon v. Philadelphia, W. & B. R. Co., 2 Pennewill (Del.) 1, 43 Atl. 159. An owner owes to a licensee no duty as to the condition of the premises (unless imposed by statute) save that he should not knowingly let hi...
R. Co., 108 Ky
662, 57 S. W. 460; Reining vy. New York, ete, R. Co. (Super. Butt) 13
R. Co., 187 Cal
659, 70 Pac. 782; Madden v.
R. Co., 54 N. J. Eq
167, 33 Atl. $986.—Stay of proceedings. e temporary suspension of the regular order of proceocnee in a cause, by direction or order of the court, usually to await the action of one of the parties in regard to some omit...
R. Co., 77 Miss
194, 24 South. 200, 60 L. R.
R. I. 104, 41 Atl
1001; Kempton v. Burgess, 136 Mass. 192.
R. I. 134, 42 Atl
515, 44 L. R. A. 278. —Moot court. A court held for the arguing of moot cases or questions.—Moot hall. The place where moot cases were argued. Also a eouncil-chamber, hall of judgment, or town-hall.
R. I. 270, 38 Atl
656. An indtrect confession is one inferred from the conduct of the defendant. State v. Miller, 9 Houst. (Del.) 564, 32
R. I. 357, 27 Atl
796; Fulton v. -Jansen, {
R. I. 452; Hill v. Mitchell, 5 Ark
610; Smith v. Hines, 10 Fla. 258; Hoy v. Varner, 100 Va. 600, 42 8. E. 690.
R. I. 473, 28 Atl
968: People v. Wallace. 85
R. I. 495, 23 Atl
20, 14 L. R. A. 300; Pinkum v. Eau Claire, 81 Wis. 301, 51 N. W. 550;
R. I. 527, 35 Atl
45, 33 L. R. A. 561, 61 Am.
R. I. 597, 35 Atl
302, 33 L. R. A. 566; Lawrie v. State, 5 Ind. 526; Godwin v. Banks, 87.Md. 425, 40 Atl. 268. A child conceived, but not born, is to be deemed an “existing person” so far as may be necessary for its interests in the e...
R27: Blectric Co
v. Simon, 20 Or. 60. 25 Pac. 147. 10 I. R. A. 261._23 Am. ;
RACHATER
L. Fr. To redeem; to repurchase, (or buy back.) Kelham.
RADICALS
aA political party. The
RAGMAN’S ROLL, or RAGIMUND’S
ROLL. A roll, called from one Ragimund or Ragimont, a legate in Scotland, who, summoning all the beneficed clergymen in that kingdom, caused them on oath to give in the true value of their benefices, according to which t...
Rahn v. Gunnison, 12 Wis
529: Bolton v. Donavan, 9 N. D. 575, 84 N. W. 357; Ordway v.
Railroad Co
v. Collins, 56 Ill. 217; Hawkins v. Hoffman, 6 Hill (N. Y.) 590, 41 Am. v. Howard, 79 Ga. 44.3 8. BE 426; Vaden v. Van Blarcom, 100 Mo. App. 185, 74 S&S. W. 124. v. Waterbury Button (o., 94 v. Car Co., 1389 U. S. 79, ...
Railroad Co. Newman, 36 Ark
611; Wocdman v. Nottingham, 49 N. H. 387, 6 Am.
Railroad Co., 118 Mass
195, 197, 19 Am. Rep.
Railroad Co., 22 Wall
604, 22 L. Ed. — Stock dividend. One paid in stock, that is, not in money, but in a proportional number of shares of the capital stock of the company, which is ordinarily increased for this parpose to a corresponding e...
Railroad Co., 50 Cal
183; Kuhn v. Jewett. 32
Railroad Co., 52 Mo
253, 14 Am. Rep. 418:
Railroad Co., 6 Rob
(La.) 348; Fluker v.
Railroad Co., 68 Me
885; Lancaster County v. Holyoke, 87 Neb. 328, 55 N. W. 9650, 21
Railroad Co., 77 Miss
194, 24 South. 200, 28
Railroad Co., 87 Md
48, 38 Atl. 1072; In re
Railroad Co., 99 Md
413, 58 Atl. 439. . In Scotch law. “Letters of open doors” are process which empowers the messenger, or officer of the law, to break open doors of houses or rooms in which the debtor has placed his aoe Bell.—Open f...
Railroad Oo
vy. Watson, 387 Kan. 773. 15 Pac. 877. Substantial damages are considerable in amount, and intended as a real compensation for a real injury.
Railroud Co
v. Hinchcliffe, 34 Misc. Rep. 49, 68 N. Y. Supp. 55N; Brower v. Nellis, 6 Ind. App. 323, 33 N. E. 672.
RAILWAY
R . in law, this term ts of ex actly equivalent import to “railroad.” See
Railway Co
v. Clayberg, 107 Ill. 661; Bank v. Wright, 8 Allen (Mags.) 121... : v. Chicago, 148 Ill. 141, 35 N. B. 881.—-Oumulative voting. A system of voting, by which the elector, having a number of votes equal to the number of...
Railway Co., 112 Mo
108, 20 S. W. 493, 18 L. BR. A. 68; In re Rugheimer (D. C.) 36
Railway Co., 148 Mo
38, 44 8S. W. 718; West