conv. A counterpart. 2. In the canon law, by rescripts are understood apostolical letters, which emanate from the pope, under whatever form they may b...
French law. A rescription is a letter by which the maker requests some one to pay a certain sum of money, or to account for him to a third person for ...
civ. law. The answers of the prince at the request of the parties respecting some matter in dispute between them, or to magistrates in relation to som...
crim. law. A forcible setting at liberty against law of a person duly arrested. Co. Litt. 160; 1 Chitty s Cr, Law, *62; 1 Russ. on Cr. 383. The person...
mar. war. The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. There is still another kind of rescue which partake s of the nature of a reca...
The party making a rescue, is sometimes so called, but more properly he is a rescuer. ...
contracts. That part of a deed or other instrument which reserves a thing not in esse at the time of the grant, but newly created. 2 Hill. Ab. 359; 3 ...
Scotch law. The receiving and keeping of stolen goods knowing them to be stolen, with a design of feloniously retaining them from the real owner. Alis...
Scotch law. A receiver of stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen. ...
A man s residence or permanent abode. Such a man is called a resiant. Kitch. 33. ...
The place of one s domicil. (q. v.) There is a difference between a man s residence and his domicil. He may have his domicil in Philadelphia, and stil...
international law. A minister, according to diplomatic language, of a third order, less in dignity than an ambassador, or an envoy. This term formerly...
persons. A person coming into a place with intention to establish his domicil or permanent residence, and who in consequence actually remains there. T...
He to whom the residuum of the estate is devised or bequeathed by will. Roper on Leg. Index, h. t.; Powell Mortg. Index, h. t.; 8 Com. Dig. 444. ...
That which remains of something after taking away a part of it; as, the residue of an estate, which is what has not been particularly devised by will....
The act of an officer by which he declines his office, and renounces the further right to use it. It differs from abdication. (q. v.) 2. As offices ar...
One in favor of whom a resignation is made. 1 Bell s Com. 125 n. ...
The opposition of force to force. 2. Resistance is either lawful or unlawful. 1. It is lawful to resist one who is in the act of committing a felony o...
A solemn judgment or decision of a court. This word is frequently used in this sense, in Coke and some of the more ancient reporters. It also signifie...
Civil law. The act by which a contract which existed and was good, is rendered null. 2. Resolution differs essentially from rescission. The former pre...
On which has for its object, when accomplished, the revocation of the principal obligation; for example, I will sell you my crop of cotton, if my ship...
The authority or jurisdiction of a court. The supreme court of the United States is a court of the last resort. ...
One who is competent to testify in a court of justice. To pass lands in Alabama, a will must be attested by three or more respectable witnesses. See A...
Med. jur. Breathing, which consists of the drawing into, inhaling, or more technically, inspiring, atmospheric air into the lungs, and then: forcing o...
contracts, civil law. An act by which a debtor who is unable to satisfy his debts at the moment, transacts (i. e. compromises) with his creditors, and...
crim. law. A suspension of a sentence, which is to be executed at a future time. It differs from a pardon, which is in abolition of the crime. See Abo...
The name of a judgment when an issue in law, arising on a dilatory plea, has been decided for the plaintiff, that the defendant answer over. See 1 Mei...
practice. The party who makes an answer to a bill or other proceeding in chancery. In the civil law, this term signifies one who answers or is securit...
maritime law. A loan of money on maritime interest, on goods laden on board of a ship, which, in the course of the voyage must, from their nature, be ...
The prayer of a plea where the defendant insists that he ought not to answer, as when he claims a privilege; for example, as being a member of congres...
civil law. Opinions given by Roman lawyers. Before the time of Augustus, every lawyer was authorized de jure, to answer questions put to him, and all ...
old Eng. law., One who appeared for another in court. Fleta, lib. 6, c., 21. In the ecclesiastical law, this name is sometimes given to a proctor. ...
The obligation to answer for an act done, and to repair any injury it may have caused. 2. This obligation arises without any contract, either on the p...
maritime law. The placing back or restoring articles which have been lost by jettison; this is done when the remainder of the cargo has been saved at ...
practice. The return of something to the owner of it, or to the person entitled to it. 2. After property has been taken into execution, and the judgme...
Narrowing down, making less extensive; as, a restraining statute, by which the common law is narrowed down or made less extensive in its operation. ...
A term used in equity. When the donor of a power, who is the owner of the estate, imposes certain restrictions by the terms of the powers, these restr...
Something which prevents us from doing what we would desire to do. 2. Restraint is lawful and unlawful. It is lawful when its object is to prevent the...
contracts. One which confines the negotiability of a promissory note or bill of exchange, by using express words to that effect, as by indorsing it "p...
estates. Resulting, implied or constructive trusts, are those which arise in cases where it would be contrary to the principles of equity that be in w...
estates. One which having been limited by deed, expires or cannot vest; it then returns back to him who raised it, after such expiration, or during su...
To reassume; to promise again; as, the resumption of payment of specie by the banks is general. It also signifies to take things back; as the governme...
To sell by retail, is to sell by small parcels, and not in the gross. 5 N. S. 279. ...
One who deals in merchandise by selling it in smaller quantities than he buys, generally with a view to profit. ...
The act of withholding what one has in one s own hands by virtue of some right. 2. An executor or administrator is entitled to retain in certain cases...
practice. The act of a client, by which he engages an attorney or counsellor to manage a cause, either by prosecuting it, when he is plaintiff, or def...
A fee given to counsel on being consulted in order to insure his future services. ...
The taking one s goods, wife, child, &c., from another, who with-out right has taken possession thereof. Vide Recaption; Rescue. ...
The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very...
Scottish law. The right which the possessor of a movable has, of holding the same until he shall be satisfied for his claim either against such movabl...
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