REFERENDO SINGULA SINGULIS
Lat. Referring individual or separate words to separate subjects; making a distributive reference of words in an instrument; a rule of construction.
Terms beginning with "R" (401 total)
REFORM
formation or advice as to the character, solvency, standing, etc., of a third person, who desires to open business relations with the first, or to obtain credit with him. —Reference in casc of need. When a person draws...
REFRESHING THE MEMORY. The
act of a witness who consults his documents, memoranda, or books, to bring more distinctly to his recollection the details of past events or transactions, concerning which he ‘is testifying.
Reg
v. Reeve, 4 Q. B. 212. (O. S.) 747. In Louisiana. MTllegitimate children who have been adopted by the father. v. Justices of Berkshire, 4 Q. B. Div. 471. (O. 8.) 528. (N. S.) 101, Fed. Cas. No. 10,266.
Reg. Orig
88. See Pone. 158). 126. 129. The ancient civilians called it “elarigatio,” but by the moderns it Is termed “reprisalia.” 31. ; 176; Old Nat. Brev. 162.—Contra formam statuti. In criminal pleading. (Contra...
REGALIA
of the United States, thia term is nsed to denote sums of money received by the government or its officers which, for any cause, are to be refunded or restored o the parties paying them; such as excessive duties or taxes...
REGARDER OF A FOREST. An an
cient officer of the forest, whose duty it was to take a view of the forest hunts, and to {n+
REGISTER
tendent of a public institution, particularly a college or university. istry ;” as the register for the probate of wills.
REGISTRY
as ascertained in some proper manner and entered on an official register or record. See Reck vy. Phenix Ins. Co., 54 Hun, 687, 7 N. Y,
REGIUS PROFESSOR
to real property. See Friedley y. Benue oo. Serg. & R. (Pa.) 71, 17 Am tilleso vy. U. 8.2 Black, 109, 17 L. ag 860.
REGNUM ECCLESIASTICUM. ‘The
ecclesiastical kingdom. 2 Hale, P. C. 324.
REGULA
Lat. In practice. A rule. Regula generalis, a general rule; a standing rule or order of a court. payers abbreviated, “Reg. Gen.” ~Regula Oatoniana. In Roman law. ‘The
REGULUS
Regula est, juris quidem ignorantiam euigue nocere, facti. vero ignorantiam mon mocere. Cod. 1, 18, 10. It is a rule, that every .one is prejudiced by his ignorance of law, but not by his ignorance of fact. Lat. In Saxo...
REGULZ GENERALES
Lat. General rules, which the courts promulgate from time to time for the regulation of thetr practice.
REHABERE FAOCIAS SEISINAM
When a sheriff in the “habere facias setsinam” had delivered seisin of more than he ought, this judicial writ lay to make him restore seisin of the excess. Reg. Jud. 18, 51, 54.
REI INTERVENTUS
Lat. Things intervening; that is, things done by one of the parties to a contract, in the faith of its validity, and with the assent of the other party, and which have so affected his situation that the other will not be...
Reilly, 116 U. S. 80, 6 Sup. Ct
291, 29 L. Ed. 541; State v. Hall. 115 N. C. 811, 20 S. E. 729, 28 I. R. A. 289, 44 Am. St. Rep. 501 ;
REIMBURSE. The primary
meaning of this word is “to pay back.” Philadelphia
RELATION
1. A relative or kinsman; & person connected by consanguinity or affinity.
RELATION 1011
rento are entitled “on the relation ‘of’ ‘a private person, who is called the “relator.” But in this connection the word seems also to involve the idea of the suggestion, instigation, or instance of the relat...
RELEASE
‘ RELAXATION. In old Scotch practice. Letters passing the signet by which a debtor was relaxed [released] from the horn; that is, from personal diligence. Bell. 1. Liberation, discharge, or setting free from restraint...
RELIEF
1. In feudal law. A sum payable by the new tenant, the duty being incident to every feudal tenure, by way of tine or composition with the lord for taking up the estate which was lapsed or fallen in by the death of the la...
RELIGION
of the law with reference to the admissibility of evidence. See Hoag v. Wright, 34 App. Div. 260, 54 N. Y. Supp. ; 2 L. Ed. 244; Davis v. Beason, 188 U. S. 333, 10 Sup. Ct. 299, 33 L. Ed. 637; Board of Education v. Mino...
RELIOTA VERIFICATIONE. UL
Lat Where a judgment was confessed by cognovit actiunem after plea pleaded, and the plea was withdrawn, it was called a “confession” or “cognovit actionem relicta verificatione,” Wharton.
RELOCATIO
Lat. In the civillaw. A renewal of a lease on its determination. It may be either express or tacit; the latter is when the tenant holds over with the knowledge and without objection of the landlord. Mackeld. Rom. Law, §...
REM
—Jus in re propria. The right of enjoyment which is incident to full ownership or property, and is often used to denote the full ownership or property itself. It is distinguished from sue in re aliend, which is a mere ...
REMAINDER
RELOCATION. Im Scotch law. A reletting or renewal of a lease: a tacit relocation is permitting a tenant to hold over without any new agreement. 82 N. EB. 366; Hudson v. Wadsworth, 8 Conn. 359.—Vested remainder. An est...
REMANENT PRO DEFEOTU EMP
TORUM. In practice. The return made by the 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 buyers.
REMEDIAL
1. Affording a remedy; giving the means of obtaining redress.
Remedy Co
v. Eureka Chemical Co., 80 Fed,’ 108, 25 C. C. A. 314; T. B. Dunn Co. v. Trix:
REMISE
Remedies for rights are ever favor~ ably extended. 18 Vin. Abr. 521.
REMITTITUR DAMNA
Lat. In practice. An entry made on record, in cases where a jury has given greater damages than a plaintiff has declared for, remitting the excess. 2 Tidd, Pr. 896.
REMOTENESS OF EVIDENOE
REMITTIT DAMNA. Iat. An entry on the record, by which the plaintiff declares that he remits a part of the damages which have been awarded him.
REMOTO IMPEDIMENTO
ed as a foundation from which indirect evidence may be drawn, by way of inference, have not a visible, plain, or necessary connection with the proposition eventually to be proved, such evidence is rejected for “remoten...
REMOVAL, ORDER OF
1. An order of court directing the removal of a pauper from the poor district upon which he has illegally become a charge to the district in which he has his settlement.
Remsen, 4 Johns
(N. Y.) Ch. 472, 8 Am. Dec, 581.
Remy. Remy’s Reports, vols
145-154 Indiana; also Indiana Appellate Court Reports.
Ren
5617; State v. O’Driscoll, 3 Brev. (S. C.) 527: Com’rs v. Goldsborough, 90 Md. 198. 44
RENDEZVOUS
Fr. A place appointed for meeting. Especially used of places appointed for the assembling of troops, the coming together of the ships of a fleet, or the meeting of vessels and their convoy.
RENOUNCING PROBATE. In Eng
lish practice. Refusing to take upon one’s self the office of executor or executrix. Refusing to take out probate under a will wherein one has been appointed executor or executrix. Holthouse.
RENOVARE
RENDER, v. In practice. To give up; Lat. In old English law. To renew. Annuatim renovere, to renew annually. <A phrase applied to profits which are taken and the product renewed again.
RENT
RENT. At common law. A certain profit issuing yearly out of lands and tenements corporeal; a species of incorporeal hereditament. 2 Bl. Comm. 41. A compensation or return yielded periodically, to a certain amount, out of...
RENTAL
(Said to be corrupted from “rent-roll.”) In English law. A _ roll on which the rents of a manor are registered or set down, and by which the lord's bailiff collects the same. It contains the lands and tenements let t...
RENTIS
LOCOCESSION. The act of giving place.
REO ABSENTE
Lat. The defendant being absent; in the absence of the defendant.
REOTO DE ADVOOATIONE EC
OLESIZ. A writ which lay at common law, — where a man had right of advowson of a church, and, the parson dying, a stranger had presented. WHWitzh. Nat. Brev. 30.
Rep
157. 625; Wynegar y. State, 157 Ind. 577, 62 N. E. 38. 210. 337.—Agreed statement of facts. <A statement of facts, agreed on by .the parties as true and correct, to be submitted to a court for a ruling on the law of...
Rep. Cr
L. Com. Law Comuunissioners.
REPARATION
and not merely such as are absolutely indispensable for the safety of the ship or the accomplishment of the voyage. The Fortitude, 3 Sumn. 827, Fed. Cas. No. 4,953; Webster v. Seekamp, 4 Barn. & Ald. 352.
REPETUNDARUM CRIMEN. In Ro
man law. The crime of bribery or extortion in a magistrate, or person in any public office. Calvin. :