Riens
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A French word which signifies nothing. See the following titles. It sometimes signifies not, as, ricn culpable, not guilty. RIENS EN ARRIERE (L. Fr. nothing in arrear). A plea which alleges that there is nothing remaining due and unpaid of the plaintiff’s demand. It is a good plea, and raises the general issue in an action for rent.
2 Wm. Saund. 297, n. 1; 2 Ld. Raym. 1503; Gould, PI. 286; Mc Kelv. PI. 38.
RIENS PASSE PER LE FAIT (L. Fr. nothing passed by the drod). A plea which avoids the effect of a deed where its execution cannot be denied, by asserting that nothing passed thereby: for example, an allegation that the acknowledgment was before a court which had not jurisdiction.