Black's Law Dictionary

In old English law. Those that buy stolen cloth and turn it into some other color or fashion that it may not be recognized. Redubbers.

Sax. Advice; counsel.

In commercial law. A draft r bill drawn In the place where the original bill was made payable and where it went to protest, on the place where such original bill was drawn, or, whe

The receiving satisfaction for an injury sustained.

In a derivative sense, order carried to fastidious excess; system run out into trivial extremes. Webster v. Thompson, 55 Ga. 434.

In criminal law. Those who bought stolen cloth and dyed it of another color to prevent its being identified were anciently so called. Cowell; 3 Inst 134.

In Scotch law. To rescind or annul.

Lat In logic. The method of disproving an argument by showing that It leads to an absurd consequence.

In Scotch law. An action brought for the purpose of rescinding, annulling or cancelling some bond, contract or other instrument in writing. 1 Forb. Inst, pt. 4, pp. 158, 159. In Fr

By the law of Scotland the heir in heritage was entitled to reduce all voluntary deeds granted to his prejudice by his predecessor within sixty days preceding the predecessor's dea

In Scotch law. One form 'of the action of reduction in which falsehood and forgery are alleged against the deed or document sought to be set aside.

The act of exercising the right conferred by a chose in action, se as to convert it into a chose in possession; thus, a debt is reduced into possession by payment Sweet.

This is the fault of Introducing superfluous matter into a legal instrument; particularly the insertion in a pleading of matters foreign, extraneous, and irrelevant to that which i

The entering again into or resuming possession of premises. Thus in leases there is a proviso for re-entry of the lessor on the tenant's failure to pay the rent or perform the cove

In old English law. A ministerial officer of justice. His duties seem to have combined many of those now confided to the sheriff or constable and to the justice .of the peace. He w

An examination of a witness after a cross-examination, upon matters arising out of such cross-examination. See Examination.

The damages or expenses caused by the dishonor and protest of a bill of exchange in a foreign country, where it was payable, and by its return to the place where it was drawn or in

In English practice. A second extent made upon lands or tenements, upon complaint made that the former extent was partially performed. Cowell.

A word composed of the three initial syllables "re." "fa." "lo.," for "recordari facias loquelam," (q. v.) 2 Sell. Pr. 160.

The abbreviation of "recordari facias loquelam," (q. v.)

To bereave, take away, rob. Cowell.

In the civil law. Reparation ; re-establishment of a building. Dig. 19, 1, 6, 1.

1. When a case or action involves matters of account or other intricate details which require minute examination, and for that reason are not fit to be brought bsfore a jury, it is

In practice. A person to whom a cause pending in a court is referred by the court, to take testimony, hear the parties, and report thereon to the court See Reter. And see In re Hat

An officer appointed by the courts of bankruptcy under the act of 1898 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3418) corresponding to the "registers in bankruptcy" under earlier statutes having

In contracts. An agreement to submit to arbitration; the act f parties fu submitting their controversy to chosen referees or arbitrators. In practice. The act of sending a cause pe

When a person draws or indorses a bill of exchange, he sometimes adds the name of a person to whom it may be presented "in case of need ;" i. e., in case it is dishonored by the or

Under the English practice, when an action is commenced, an entry of it is made in the cause-book according to the year, the initial letter of the surname of the first plaintiff, a

An officer by whom the order of causes was laid before the Roman emperor, the desires of petitioners made known, and answers returned to them. Vicat, Voc. Jur.; Calvin.

In Saxon law. A master of requests; an officer to whom petitions to the king were referred. Spelman.

Lat Referring individual or separate words to separate subjects; making a distributive reference of words in an instrument; a rule of construction.

In International law. A communication sent by a diplomatic representative to his home government, in regard to matters presented to him which he is unable or unwilling to decide wi

A term sometimes employed to describe verbiage inserted in a pleading or indictment, over and above what is necessary to be set forth; or an objection to a plea or indictment on th

To correct, rectify, amend, remodel. Instruments inter partes may be reformed, when defective, by a court of equity. By this is meant that the court, after ascertaining the real an

A name bestowed on the statutes 2 Wm. IV. c. 45, and 30 & 31 Viet c. 102, passed to amend the representation of the pcople in England and Wales; which introduced extended amendment

See Reform.

This term is of too wide and uncertain signification to support a bequest for the building of a "boys' reformatory." It Includes all places and institutions in which efforts are ma

In English law. Schools to which convicted juvenile offenders (under sixteen) may be sent by order of the court before which they are tried, lf the offense be punishable with penal

In English law. A further or additional fee to counsel in a long case, which may be, but is not necessarily, allowed on luxation.

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 i

To repay or restore; to return money had by one party of another See Rackliff v. Greenbush, 93 Me. 99, 44 Atl. 375; Maynard v. Mechanics' Nat. Bank, 1 Brewst. (Pat) 484; Gutch v. F

A bond given to an executor by'a legatee, upon receiving payment of the legacy, conditioned to refund the same, or so much of it as may be necessary, if the assets prove deficient.

In the laws of the United States, this term is need to denote sums of money received by the government or its officers which, for any cause, are to be refunded or restored to the p

The act of one who has, by law, a right and power of having or doing something of advantage, and declines it Also, the declination of a request or demand or the omission to comply

In old records An acquittance or acknowledgment of renouncing all future claim. Cowell.

In old French law. A payment made to the seigneur of a fief, on the election of every bishop or other ecclesiastical feudatory, corresponding with the relief paid by a lay feudator

The temporal rights and privlleges of a bishop. Cowell.

Whales and sturgeons, se called in English law, as belonging to the king by prerogative when cast on shore or caught near the coast. 1 Bl. Comm. 290.

Seems to be an abbreviation of "jura regalia," royal rights or those rights which a king has by virtue of his prerogative. Hence owners of counties palatine were formerly said to h

To do homage or fcalty to the sovereign by a bishop when he is invested with the regalla.

A territorial jurisdiction in Scotland conferred by the crown. The lands were said to be given in liberam regali-tatem, and the persons receiving the right were termed "lords of re

In old English law. Inspection; supervision. Also a reward, fee or perquisite. —Regard, court of. In forest law. A tribunal held every third year, for the lawing or expedita tion o

A term which was applied, in feudal law, to a villein annexed to a manor, and having charge to do ali base services within the same, and to see the same freed from all things that

In forest law. A tribunal held every third year, for the lawing or expedita tion of dogs, to prevent them from chasing deer. Cowell.

An ancient officer of the forest, whose duty it was to take a view of the forest hunts, and to inquire concerning trespasses, offenses, etc. Manwood.

In old English law. The oversight or inspection of it, or the office and province of the regarder, who is to go through the whole forest, and every bailiwick in it, before the hold

Co. Litt. 165. The kingdom is not divisible.

Lat. In English law. A writ issued from the sever-eign to the judges, not to proceed in a cause which may prejudice the crown, until advised. Jenk. Cent. 07.

Rule; government; kingship. t The man or body of men intrusted with the vicarious government of a kingdom during the minority, absence, insanity or other disabllity of the king.

A governor or ruler. One who vicariously administers the government of a kingdom, in the name of the king, during the latter's minority or other disability. A master, governor, dir

An abbreviation of "Regulo Generalis," a general rule, (of court)

4 Inst243. The kingly power is indivisible, and every other derivative power is similarly indivisible.

A collection of the ancient laws of Scotland. It is said to have been compiled by order of David I., king of Scotland, who reigned from A. D. 1124 to 1153. Hale, Com. Law, 271.

Lat. In old English law. The royal way; the king's highway. Co. Litt. 56a.

The murder of a sovereign; also the person who commits such murder.

In Spanish law. One of a body, never exceeding twelve, who formed apart of the ayuntamiento. The office of re-gidor was held for life; that is to say, during the plcasure of the su

In French law. A system of rules or regulations. —Regime dotal. The dot, being the property which'the wife brings to the husband as her contribution to the support of the burdens o

The dot, being the property which'the wife brings to the husband as her contribution to the support of the burdens of the marriage, and which may either extend as well to future as

The community of interests between husband and wife which arises upon their marriage. It ip either (1) legal or (2) conventional, the former existing in the absence of any "agreeme

In Spanish law. The body of regidores, who never exceeded twelve, forming a part of the municipal council or ayuntamiento, in every capital of a Jurisdiction. 12 Pet. 442, note.

Lat. The queen.

A writ whereby the sovereign gives his assent to the election of a bishop. Reg. Orig. 294.

An officer authorised by law to keep a record called a "register" or "registry;" as the register for the probate of wills. A book containing a record of facts as they occur, kept b

Entered or recorded in seme officlal register or record or list. —Registered bond. The bonds of the United States government (and of many municipal and private corporations) are ei

The bonds of the United States government (and of many municipal and private corporations) are either registered or "coupon bonds." In the case of a registered bond, the name of th

The registered tonnage of a vessel is the capacity or cubical contents of the ship, or the amount of weight which she wlll carry, as ascertained in some proper manner and entered o

A trademark filed in the United States patent office, with the necessary description and other statements required by the act of congress, and there duly recorded, securing its exc

In Virginia, this term refers to the persons whose names are placed upon the registration books provided by law as the sole record or memorial of the duly qualified voters of the s

An officer of the couris of bankruptcy, under the earlier acts of congress in that behalf, having substantially the same powers and duties as the "referees in bankruptcy" under the

The name given in some states to the officer whose duty is to record deeds, mortgages, and other instruments affecting realty in the official books provided and kept for that purpo

A federal officer appointed for each federal land district, to take charge of the local records and attend to the preliminary matters connected with the sale, pre-emption, or other

A book of patents, directed by St. 15 & 16 Viet, c. 83, § 34, passed in 1852, to be kept at the specification office, for public use. 2 Steph. Comm. 29, note t.

A register kept by the collectors of customs, in which the names, ownership, and other facts relative to merchant vessels are required by law to be entered. This register is eviden

An officer of the United States treasury, whose duty is to keep all accounts of the receipt and expenditure of public money and of debts due o or from the United States, to preserv

An officer in some of the states, whose function is to record and preserve nil wills admitted to probate, to issue letters testamentary or of administration, to receive and file ac

A book preserved in the English court of chancery, in which were entered the various forms of original and judicial writs.

In American law. A court in the sinte of Pennsylvania which has jurisdiction in matters of probate.

One who registers; particularly, one who registers anything (e. p., a trade-mark) for the purpose of securing a right or privilege granted by law on condition of such registration.

An officer who bas the custody or keeping of a registry or register. This word is used in England; "register" is more common in America. —Registrar general. In English law. An offi

In English law. An officer appointed by the crown under the great seal, to whom, subject to such regulations as shall be made by a principal secretary of state, the general superin

In old English law. A notary; a registrar or register.

In English law, a license issued by an officer of that name authorizing the solemnization of a marriage without the use of the religious ceremony ordained by the Church of England

Recording; Inserting ip an official register; the act of making a list, catalogue, schedule or register, particularly of art official character or of making entries therein. In re

In the practice of corporations this consists in recording in the official books of the company the name and ad dress of the holder of each certificate of stock, with the date of i

The register of writs, (q. v.)

A register or book authorized or recognized by law, kept for the recording or registration of facts or documents. In commercial law. The registration of a vessel at the custom-hous

The system or organized mode of keeping a public reconi of deeds, mortgages, and other instruments affecting titleto real property. See Friedley v. Hamilton. 17 Serg. & R. (Pat) 71

A royal professor or reader of lectures founded in the English universities by the king. Henry VIII. founded in cach of the universities five professorships, viz., of divinity, Gre

An abbreviation of "Regis-trum Judiciale," the register of Judicial write,

In Spanish colonial law. A written instruction given by a competent authority, without the observance of any peculiar form. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 93, note,