Rien
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A French word which signifies "nothing." It has generally this meaning; as, rien en wnrere; rien passe per le fait, nothing passes by the deed; rien per descent, nothing by descent. It sometimes signifies not, as, rien culpable, not guilty.
Doct. Plac. 435.
RIEN GULP (Law Pr.) In old pleading. Not guilty.
Y. B. H. 9 Hen. VI. 16; Id. M. 10 Hen. VI. 53.
RIEN DIT (Law Ft.) In old pleading. Says nothing (nil diedt).
Y. B. M. 8 Hen. VI. 16.
RIEN EN ARRERE (Law- Fr. nothing In arrear). In pleading. 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, note 1; 2 Chit. PI. 486; 2 Ld. Raym. 1503.
A plea in an action of debt for rent.
1 Tidd, Prac. 650; Roscoe, Real Actions, 475. A plea to an avowry in replevin. • Roscoe, Real Actions, 638; 2 Greenl. Ev. § 566.
A quasi general issue.
2 Seld. (N. Y.) 141.
RIEN LUY DOIT (Law Fr.) In old pleading.
Owes him nothing
The plea of nil debet.
Y. B. M. 3 Hen. VI. 16.
RIEN PASSA UAR LE FAIT (Law Fr.) nothing passed by the deed). In pleading. 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.