Righter v. Roller, 31 Ark
174; Page v. Parker, 43 N. H. 363, 80 Am. Dec. 172.
Terms beginning with "R" (401 total)
Rights are also classified
in constitutional law as natural, civil, and political, to which there is sometimes added the class of “personal rights.”
RIGHTS OF THINGS
in a vehicle, to drive beasts of hurden or carts, through the estate of another. Whep this servitude results from the law, the ex- -ercise of it is confined to the wants of the person who has it. When it is the result of...
RIGOR JURIS
Lat. Strictness of law. Latch, 150. Distinguished from gretia curie, favor of the court.
Ril
(or Riley). MRiley’s South Carolina (or Riley) Ch. (or Eg.). South Carolina Chancery Reports.
Riley, 101 Ga
372, 29 S. E. 44. 40 L. R. A. 244. More particularly, a «critten transfer .- of property, as distinguished from a transfer by mere delivery.
Ring v. Ring, 118 Ga
183, 44 8. E. 861, 62 L. R. A. 878; Sharp v. Sharp, 16 Ill. App. 848; Myrick v. Myrick, 67 Ga. 771; Shell v. Shell, 2 Sneed (Tenn.) 716; Vignos v.
RIOTOSE
L. Lat. Riotously. A formal and essential word in old indictments for riots. 2 Strange, 834.
RIPA
Lat. The banks of a river, or the place beyond which the waters do not in their natural course overflow.
RIPARIAN
them, in the execution of some enterprise of a private nature, and afterwards actually executing the same in a violent and turbulent manner, to the terror of the people, whether the act intended were of itself lawful or ...
RIPTOWELL, or REAPTOWEL.: A
gratuity or reward given to tenants after they had reaped their lord’s corn, or done other customary duties. Cowell.
RIPUARIAN PROPRIETORS. Own
ers of lands bounded by a river or watercourse,
RISCUS
L. Lat. In the civil law. A chest for the keeping of clothing. Calvin.
RISK. In insurance law
the danger or hazard of a loss of the property insured; the casualty contemplated in a contract of insurance; the degree of hazard; and, colloquially, the specific house, factory, ship, etc., covered by the policy.
RISTOURNE
Fr. In insurance law; the dissolution of a policy or. contract of insurance for any cause. Emerig. Traité des
RITE
Lat. Duly and formally; ly; properly; technically.
River R. Co., 4 Cush
(Mass.) 71; Cochituate Bank y. Colt, 1 Gray (Mass.) 386; Broom,
RIXA
rel: a strife of words.
Roach (C. C.) 2 Fed
304; The Gustavia, 12
Road Co
vy. Robbins, 22 Barb. (N. Y.)° 667.
Roanoke Gag Co
v. Roanoke, 88 Va. 810, 14 8. E, 665.—Palice supervision. In England, - subjection to police supervision is where a criminal offender is subjected to the obligation of - notifying the place of his residence and every ....
Rob
L.& W. Roberts, Leaming & Wallis’ County Court Reports. : 8.I. Robertson’s Sandwich Island (Hawaiian) Reports.
Rob. Adm
141. 204. l 228. 117.
Robards. Robards’ Reports, vols
12, 13 Missouri;—Robards’ Texas Conscript Cases.
ROBBERY. Robbery is the
felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate
Robbins’ Estate, 199 Pa
500, 49 Atl. 233.— Expectant ht. <A contingent right, not vested; one which depends on the continued
ROBE
Fr. <A word anciently used by sailors for the cargo of a ship. The Italia “robe” had the same meaning. .
Roberts A ©.) 17 Fed
778: Campbell v. Par ker. 22 N. Y. Super. Ct. 322: People v. Remington, 59 Hun. 12 N. Y. hal 14 N. 98; McCoy v. Lassiter, N. C. 91;
Roberts v. Warner, 17 Vt
46, 42 Am. Dec. 478. —Land damages. A term sometimes applied to the amount of compensation to be paid for land taken under the power of eminent domain or for injury to, or depreciation of, land _ad- Candy Su taken. Peo...
Roberts, 9 Mont
323, 23 Pac. 718; Hitz v.
Roberts. Roberts’ Reports, vols
29-31 Louisiana Annual. Rebertson. Robertson’s Scotch Appeal
Roberts’ Reports, vols
29-31 Louisiana Annual;—Robards’ Reports, vols. 12, 13 Missouri ;—Robards’ Conscript Cases, Texas ;— Chr. Robinson’s Upper Canada Reports:—J. L. Robinson’s Upper Canada Reports;—Robertson’s Reports, v...
Robertson, 50 Ill. App
27; Conant v. Burnham, 133 Mass. 505, 48 Am. Rep. 532.
Robins v. Hope
57 Cal. 497; Thomas v. Whitney, 186 Ill. 225. 57 N. E. 808; Central Nat.
Robinson, 104 Ga
256, 30 S. E. 918, 42 L. R,
Robinson, 111 Ala
482, 20 South. 80. —Habit and repute. By the law of Scotland, marriage may be established by “habit and repute” where the parties cohabit and are at the same time held and reputed as man and wife. See Bell. The sam...
Robinson, 57 Md
501.—Bill rendered. A bill of items rendered by a creditor to his debtor; an “account rendered,’ as distinguished from “an account stated.” Hill v. Hatch, 11 Me. 455.
Roche v. Washington, 19 Ind
56, 81 Am. Dee. 876.
Rock vy. Parish, 36 Ark
166; Fleming Oil Ca. v. South Penn Oil Co., 37 W. Va. 653, 17 8. E. 203. In surgical practice, the term is of indefinite import, but may be approximately defined as. an act or succession of acts performed upon the body o...
Rockwell, 14 Colo
125, 23 Pac. 462; McCormick v. Bank (C. C.) 57 Fed. 110; Munn vy. McDonald, 10 Watts (Pa.) 273; In re Waddell-Entz Co., 67 Conn. 324, 35 Atl. 257. Collateral security, in bank phraseology, means some security additional ...
ROD KNIGHTS
ROBBER. One who commits a robbery. The term is not in law synonymous with “thief,” but applies only to one who steals with force or open violence. See De Rothsehild v. Royal Mail. Steam Packet Co. 7
Roe v. Irwin, 32 Ga
39. Also the detainer of a man’s person by virtue of lawful process or authority; actual imprisonment. .In a sentence that the defendant “be in custody until,” ete, this term imports actual imprisonment. The duty o...
ROGARE
Lat. In Roman law. To ask sr solicit. Rogare legem, to ask for the adoption of a law, #4. e., to propose it for enactment, to bring in a bill. In a derivative sense, to vote for a law so proposed; to adopt or enact it.
ROGATIO
Lat. In Roman law. An asking for a law; a proposal of a law for adoption or passage. Derivatively, a law passed by such a form.
ROGATOR
Lat. In Roman law. The proposer of a law or rogation.
Rogers, 37 W. Va
407, 16 8. BE. 638; Oatman v. Bond, 15 Wis. 26.
Rogers. Rogers’ Reports, vols
47-51 Louisiana Annual.
ROGO
Lat. In Roman law. [ ask; I request. A precatory expression often used in wills. Dig. 80, 108, 13, 14.
Rol
(or Roll.). Bench Reports.
Roll
301. The execution of law does no