Rollings v. Cate, 1 Heisk
(Tenn.) 97; Joannin y. Ogilvie, 49 Minn. 564, 52 N. W. 217, 16 L. R. A. 376, 82 Am. St. Rep. 581; Burnes v. Burnes (C. C.) 182 Fed. 493.
Terms beginning with "R" (401 total)
Rom. Law, § 243.—Pessessio
bonorum.. In the civil law. The possession of goods. More commonly termed “bonorum possessio,” : —Possessio civilis. In Roman law. A legal possession, c. c., a possessing accompanied the intention to be or to there...
Rom. Law. § 454
note 2.—Lex Aquilia. The Aquilian law; a celebrated law passed on the
ROMA PEDITZ
Lat. Pilgrims that traveled to Rome on foot.
ROMAN CATHOLIO
great variety of these rolls, appropriated to the different proceedings; such as the warrant of attorney roll, the proccese roll, the recognizance roll, the émparlance roll, the plea roll, the fsswe roll, the judgment r...
ROMAN LAW
trust for Roman Catholics, but invalidated by reason of certain of the trusts being superstitious or otherwise illegal. 3 Steph.
ROMNEY MARSH
4A tract of land in the county of Kent, England, containing twenty-four thousand acres, governed by certain: ancient and equitable laws of sewers, composed by Henry de Bathe, a venerable judge in the reign of king Henry ...
Root, 18 Johns
(N. Y.) 60; People vy. Law, 34 Barb. (N. Y.) 511; De Mares v. Gilpin, 15 Colo. 76, 24 Pac. 568.
Rop. Leg
206. See Appeal of Hoopes, 60 Pa. 227, 100 Am. Dec. 562.
Roquet v. Eldridge, 118 Ind
147, 20 N. E. 733. A legacy of quantity is ordinarily a general legacy: but there are legacies of quantity in the nature of specific legacies, as of so much money, with reference to a particular fund for payment. This ki...
Ross, 10 Ohio, 414, 36 Am. Dec
95; Thompson v. Woodruff, 7 Cold. (Tenn.) 401; Grevall v. Whiteman, 32 Misc. Rep. 279, 65 N. Y. Supp. 974. An implied contract is one not created or evidenced by the explicit agreement of the parties, but inferred by the...
Ross, 102 Ind
166, 26 N. E. 198.—Covenant to convey. <A covenant by which the covemantor agrees to convey to the covenantee a certain estate, under certain circumstances.— Covenant to stand seised. <A conveyance mee arts to the ca...
Ross, Conv
76; 2 Ross, Conv. 324.—Heritable jurisdictions. Grants of criminal jurisdiction formerly bestowed on great families in Scotland, to facilitate the administration of justice. Whishaw. Abolished in effect by St.
Rosser, 26 Grat
(Va.) 541; McLeod v. Railroad Co., 58 Vt. 727, 6 Atl. 648; Ackerson v. Erie R. Co., 31 N. J. Law, 311; Texas & P. R. Co. v. Gay, 8 Tex. 571, 26 8S. W. 599, 25 L. R. A. 52.
ROTA. [
Lat. Succession; rotation. “Rota of presentations ;” “rota of the terms.” 2 W. Bi. 772, 77.
Roten, 86 N. C. 701; Blough
v. Parry, 144 Ind, 463, 43 N. E. 560. Evidence which suffices for the proof of a particular fact until contradicted and overcome by other evidence. Code Civ.
Rothschild v. Williamson, 83 Ind
888; Hunter v. Frost, 47 Minn. 1, 49 N. W. 327; Arbens v.
ROTURE
Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenure without the privilege of nobility; the tenure of a free commoner.
ROTURIER
Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenant of land on services exigible either in money or in kind.
Roulston v. Hall, 66 Ark
305, 50 8. W. 690, %4 Am, St. Rep. 97; Ipswich v. Topsfield, 5
ROUTE
which would: be a riot if. actually committed, such assembly is a rout. Pen. Code Cal. § 406.. And. see People v. Judson, 11 Daly (N. Y.) 23; Follis v. State, 87 Tex. Cr. R. 535, 40 8. W. 277.
Rovegno, 71 Cal
273, 12 Pac. 161; Iron Co. v. ay anderore 164 Pa. 572, 30 Atl. 491; Clark v. Railway Co., Minn. N. W. 75.—
Rowe v. Smith, 51 Conn
271, 50 . 2eAP. 16; The Aurania (D. C.) 29 Fed. 103; People v.. Kirsch, 67 Mich. 539, 35 N. W. 157.
Rt. Co
v. Lindel] R. Co., 77 Fed. 440. 23
Rucker. Rucker’s Reports, vols
43-46 West Virginia.
Rudd v. Savelli, 44 Ark
152; Moody v. Railway Co., 5 Wash. 699, 32 Pac. 751.-Deed in-
Ruff
(or Ruff. & H.). North Carolina Reports. .
RUINA
Lat. In the civil law. Buin, the falling of a house. Dig. 47, 9.
RULE
. ROYALTY. A payment reserved by the grantor of a patent, lease of a mine, or aimilar right, and payable proportionately to the use made of the right by the grantee. See eourt, In relation to practice, etc—Rule absolu...
Rullock, 109 Ga
532, 35 S. E. 52; Donovan v. Pitcher, 58 Ala. 411, 25 Am. Rep. 684. (2) A grant of land which requires no further act from the legal authority to constitute an absolute title to the land taking effect at once. Hancock v....
RUNCARIA
within a given time, on pain of having judgment taken against him by default—Rule te show cause. A rule commanding the pay to appear and show cause why he should not be compelled to do the act required, or why the obje...
RUNCINUS
RUNOCINUS. In old English law. <A oad-horse; a sumpter-horse or cart-horse.
Rundle, 100 Fed
403, 40 C. C. A. 450; Turck vy. Mining Co., 8 Colo. 118, 5 Pac. 838; Boyd v. Boyd, 2 Nott & McC. (S. C.) 126.
RUNNING OF THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS. <A metaphorical expression, by which is meant that the time mentioned in the statute of limitations is considered as passing. 1 Bouy. Inst. no. 861.
RUNNING WITH THE LAND. A cov
enant is said to run with the land when either the Hability to perform it or the right to take advantage of it passes to the assignee of that land. Brown.
RUNNING WITH THE REVERSION
A covenant is said to “run with the reversion” when either the liability to perform it or the right to take advantage of it
RUPTUM
Lat. In the civil law.
Rushville, 107 Ind
502, 8 N. HW. 609, 57 Am.
Russ
370; Chamberlain v. Western Transp. t. Eld. Russell’s English Chancery Reports tempore Elden.
Russ. Crimes, 171; Steph
27; United States v. Hartwell, 26 Fed. Cas. 196; Albritton v.
Russ. Crimes, 421; Com
v. Webster, 5 Cush. (Mass.) 304. 52 Am. Dec. 711. When a person of sound mind and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, and under the king’s peace, with malice aforethought, either express or ...
Russel v. Chambers, 43 Ga
479. In a more restricted sense, a stranger who, on the death of the ancestor, enters on the land, oalawral: ly, before the heir can enter. 7 . INTRUSION. A species of injury by ouster or amotion of possession from the f...
Russell, 127 Ala
195, 28 South, 703; Rubencane v. McKee, 6 Del. Ch. 40, 6 Atl. —_ Cumulative legacies. These are legacies ro called to distinguish them from legacies which are merely repeated. In the construction of testamentary instru...
RUSTICI
Lat. Im feudal law. tives of a conquered country.
RUSTICUM FORUM
Lat. A rude, unlearned, or unlettered tribunal; a term sometimes applied to arbitrators selected by the parties to settle a dispute. See Underhill vy. Van Cortlandt, 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 339; Dickinson vy. Chesapeake & O...
RUSTICUM JUDICIUM
passes to the assignee of that reversion Brown. Lat. In mart time law. A rough or rude judgment or decision. A judgment in admiralty dividing
RUTA
the damages caused by a collision between the two ships. 8 Kent, Comm. 231; Story, Lat. In the civil law. Things extracted from land; as sand, chalk, coal, and such other matters.
Rutland v. Green, 1 Keb
557, it was extended to prohibit them from opening new mines and working the minerals therein. Brown.
Ry. Co
v. Fowler, 142 Mo. 670, 44 S. W. 771: Gray v. Manhattan Ry. Co., 16 Daly, 510, 12 v. Morrison, 106 Ga. 543, 31 S. E. 504; Haehl v. Wabash R. Co., 119 Mo. 323, 24S. W. 7387;. State v. Gillespie, (2 Kan, 469. 63 Pac. 742,...
Ry. Co., 6 Utah, 357, 23 Pac
762; Weeks vy. Scharer, 120 Fed. 835, 64 C. C. A, 1L