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Search Results for "R" REMITTIT DAMNA An entry on the record by which the plaintiff declares that he remits the damages or a part of the damages which have been awarded him... more REMITTOR contracts. A person who makes a remittance to another. ... more REMITTITUR DAMNUM, or DAMNA practice. The act of the plaintiff upon the record, whereby he abates or remits the excess of damages found by the jury beyond the sum laid... more REMITTUR OF RECORD After a record has been removed to the supreme court, and a judgment has been rendered, it is to be remitted or sent back to the... more REMONSTRANCE A petition to a court, or deliberative or legislative body, in which those who have signed it request that something which it is in contemplation to... more REMOTE At a distance; afar off, not immediate. A remote cause is not in general sufficient to charge a man with the commission of a crime, nor... more REMOVAL FROM OFFICE The act of a competent officer or of the legislature which deprives an officer of his office. It may be express, that is, by a notification... more REMOVER practice. When a suit or cause is removed out of one court into another, which is effected by writ of error, certiorari, and the like. 11... more REMUNERATION Reward; recompense; salary. Dig. 17, 1, 7. ... more RENDER To yield; to return; to give again; it is the reverse of prender. ... more RENDEZVOUS A place appointed for meeting. 2. Among seamen it is usual when vessels sail under convoy, to have a rend ezvous in case... more RENEWAL A change of something old for for something new; as, the renewal of a note; the renewal of a lease. See Novation, and 1 Bouv.... more TO RENOUNCE To give up a right; for example, an executor may renounce the right of administering the estate of the testator; a widow the right to administer... more RENT estates, contracts. A certain profit in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in retribution for the use. 2 Bl. Com. 41;... more RENT-ROLL A roll of the rents due to a particular person or public body. See Rental. ... more RENTAL A roll or list of the rents of an estate containing the description of the lands let, the names of the tenants, and other particulars connected... more RENTE In the French funds this word is nearly synonymous with our word annuity. ... more RENTE FONCIERE This is a technical phrase used in Louisiana. It is a rent which issues out of land, and it is of its essence that it... more RENTE VIAGERE French law. This term, which is used in Louisiana, signifies an annuity for life. Civ. Code of Lo. art. 2764; Poth. Du Contract de Constitution de... more RENUNCIATION The act of giving up a right. 2. It is a rule of law that any one may renounce a right which... more |
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