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The term “registrant” means a person who has registered any pesticide pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
A register of such writs as were suable out of the king’s courts. See 3 Bl. Comm. 183.
The term “registrar” means the China Trade Act registrar appointed under section 143 of this title.
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
The term “registration” includes reregistration. / The term “registration” means the process for registering a motor vehicle in a State (including registration renewal).
Whatever other descriptive term may be applied to the present registration fees, they are exactions, made in the exercise of the state taxing power, for the privilege of operating
For purposes of this subsection, the term “registration information” means the information reported in connection with the registration or licensing of brokers and dealers and thei
Registration laws are of statutory origin, and the statute must in each case be examined to determine what instruments are to be recorded, where they are to be recorded, and the ef
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
For purposes of this section, the term “registration period” has the meaning given such term under section 1 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act ( 45 U.S.C. 351 ). / The ter
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “registration-required bond” means any bond other than a bond which— (A) is not of a type offered to the public, or (B) has a maturity (at i
The term “registration-required obligation” means any obligation (including any obligation issued by a governmental entity) other than an obligation which— (i) is issued by a natur
The term “registration statement” means the statement provided for in section 77f of this title , and includes any amendment thereto and any report, document, or memorandum filed a
The register of writs, (q. v.)
- registrydefined inU.S. CodeCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)
the term “registry” means the registry created under subsection (b); and / The term “Registry” means the Registry of Recoverable Waste Energy Sources established under section 6342
The court regarded the law as a registration act, which excluded all State legislation in respect to the same subject... As a registry act there can be no doubt upon the recording
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
The term “Registry version” means, with respect to a sound recording, the version of a recording first published or offered for mass distribution whether as a publication or a broa
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
Register of judicial writs.
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,
The Register Book of the English chancery court.
A notary.
- Regnal Yearsdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Abbott (1879)
A table of the English regnal years will be found in this work under title "King."
One having authority as a king; one in the exercise of royal authority.
A name given to the people of Surrey and Sussex, and on the sea coasts of Hampshire. Blount.
ECCLESIASTICUM. The ecclesiastical kingdom. 2 Hale, P. C. 324.
The ecclesiastical kingdom. 2 Hale, P. C. 324.
The kingdom is not divisible. Co. Litt. 165. RE6RANT. In the English law of real property, when, after a person has made a grant, the property granted comes back to him (e. g., by
The register of original writs.
An abbreviation of "Regula Placitandi," rule of pleading.
To grant again property which has come back to the grantor by operation of law since his prior grant.
fegrator. In old English and bought up corn or other dead victual again in the same market, or within four
- Regratingdefined inBallentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Anderson (1889)Stimson (1881)Abbott (1879)
The buying of grain or other dead victual in any market and selling it again in the same market. 121 Tenn. 25, 130 Am. St. Rep. 748, 16 Ann. Cas. 1028, 113 S. W. 381.
Returning; going back; opposed to "ingress." REGULA (Lat.) In practice. A rule. Regula generalis, a general rule; a standing rule or order of a court. Frequently abbreviated Beg. G
Returning; going back;' opposed to ingress. (q.- V-) REGULAR AND IRREGU-
<* 1. Following the rule; according to rule or law: observing the prescribed course: as, a regular — deposit, judgment, process or other proceeding. 2. Usual; general; not special:
A rule.
(Roman Law) The rule of Cato governing testamentary disposition.
General rules and orders of the English courts.
Rules of law.
JURIS QUIDEM IGNOrance of law does not excuse, but that ignorance of a fact may excuse a party from the legal consequences of his conduct. Dig. 22. 6. 9; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d Londo
- Regula est, juris quidem ignorantiam cuique nocere, facti vero ignorantiam non noceredefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
The rule is, that one’s ignorance of law may render him guilty, but that ignorance of fact will not.
Singular of Regulae generales.
SI DEFICIT LEX. In default of the law, the maxim rules.
In default of the law, the maxim rules. See 202 Mo. 605, 119 Am. St. Rep. 822, 10 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1205, 100 S. W. 1090.
Agreeable to an established rule, law or principle, to a prescribed mode, or according to established customary forms. See 4 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 83.
- Regular Clergydefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Stimson (1881)
Monks who lived according to the rules of their respective houses or societies, in contradistinction to the parochial clergy, who did their duties "in seculo," and hence were calle
The term “regular compensation” or “regular military compensation (RMC)” means the total of the following elements that a member of a uniformed service accrues or receives, directl
“regular contractual process” means those negotiations by which the applicable horsemen's group and host racing association reach agreements on issues regarding the conduct of hors
regular course' of business must find its meaning in the inherent nature of the business in question and in the methods systematically employed for the conduct of the business as a
The term “regular customer” means, with respect to a regulated person, a customer with whom the regulated person has an established business relationship that is reported to the At
One where the thing deposited must be returned. It is distinguished from an "irregular deposit." See "Deposit."
A general election or one provided for by law, as distinguished from a special one. See 4 Tex. 400.
For purposes of subsection (a), the term “regular employer” means the entity that is the covered employee's legal or statutory employer pursuant to applicable State law.
In this subsection, the term “regular FMAP” means, for each fiscal year for which this subsection applies to a State, the Federal medical assistance percentage that would otherwise
a regular grant (that is, a completed title, made by those exercising the proper political power to grant lands) is not open to this objection, by an opposing claimant setting up a
The term “regular high school diploma”— (A) means the standard high school diploma awarded to the preponderance of students in the State that is fully aligned with State standards,
The term “regular importer” means, with respect to a listed chemical, a person that has an established record as an importer of that listed chemical that is reported to the Attorne
One whereby a payee, acquiring a note from the maker indorses it to convey title to another, who, in turn, transfers the note by placing his name upon it. See 50 La. Ann. 1278, 69
The term "regular interest" means any interest in a REMIC which is issued on the startup day with fixed terms and which is designated as a regular interest if— (A) such i
NON VALET PACTUM de re mea non alienanda. Regularly, a contract not to alienate my property is not binding. Co. Litt. 223.
Co. Litt. 223. It is a rule that a compact not to alienate my property is not binding.
Regularly, an agreement that I shall not alienate my property is not valid.
properly appointed, set up, or established.
all employments, whether continuous throughout the year, or for only a portion of the year, in the usual trade, business, profession, or occupation of an employer.
Such as the law requires to be held. See 20 Ohio St. 288.
The term “regular compensation” or “regular military compensation (RMC)” means the total of the following elements that a member of a uniformed service accrues or receives, directl
one who as his customary vocation preaches and teaches the principles of religion of a church, a religious sect, or organization of which he is a member, without having been formal
In this phrase, the word "regular" may be used in contradistinction to "occasional," rather than to "unlawful," and refer to vessels that, alone or with others, constitute lines, a
The jury panel drawn from the wheel, whether for the particular case or for the term or for some stated time. See 121 Mo. 22, 25 S. W. 562.
As used in this section and section 1666f of this title , the term “regular price” means the tag or posted price charged for the property or service if a single price is tagged or
Regular process is that which has been lawfully issued by a court or magistrate having competent jurisdiction. REGULARITER (Law Lat.) In old English law. Regularly; strictly; accor
While the words 'regular rate' are not defined in the Act, they obviously mean the hourly rate actually paid for the normal, non-overtime workweek.
For the purpose of this subsection, the term “regular-rate category” means any class of mail or kind of mailer, other than a class or kind referred to in section 2401(c).
In ecclesiastical law. Those who profess and follow a certain rule of life (regula), belong to a religious order, and observe the three approved vows of poverty, chastity, and obed
A session required by law to be held, or an adjournment thereof. See ofi Me. 80.
the purchase by advance payment of a specified number of issues of a publication over a certain period of time, and delivered to the subscriber by mail or otherwise.
A regular survey must, therefore, in every instance, be such as is known to the laws and customs of the port in which a vessel happens to be... the mode of passing a survey through
For purposes of this section, the term “regular tax” means the regular tax liability for the taxable year (as defined in section 26(b)) reduced by the foreign tax credit allowable
The term “regular tax liability” means the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year. / The term “regular tax liability” has the meaning given such term by section 26(b).
The term “regular tax rate” means the aggregate rate of tax imposed by section 4081 determined without regard to section 4081(a)(2)(D).
A term of court begun at the time fixed by law and continued to such time as the court may appoint, consistent with the law. See 20 Ala. 446.
the term “regular work day” means each day in the investigator's basic work week during which the investigator works at least 4 hours that are not overtime hours paid under section
- regulatedefined inCase LawCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Abbott (1879)
The commerce clause confers upon the Congress 'the power to regulate, that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed.' This power 'is complete in itself, may be
The term “regulated battery” means a rechargeable battery that— (A) contains a cadmium or a lead electrode or any combination of cadmium and lead electrodes; or (B) contains other
the state regulation which Congress provided should operate to displace this federal law means regulation by the State in which the deception is practiced and has its impact
The term “regulated entities” means— (i) manufacturers, processors, wholesale distributors, or importers of consumer or commercial products for sale or distribution in interstate c
The term “regulated entity” means— (A) the Federal National Mortgage Association and any affiliate thereof; (B) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and any affiliate thereof
the term "regulated financial institution" means an insured depository institution (as defined in section 1813 of this title); and
The terms "regulated foreign subsidiary" and "regulated foreign affiliate" mean a person engaged in the business of insurance in a foreign country that is regul
The terms "regulated foreign subsidiary" and "regulated foreign affiliate" mean a person engaged in the business of insurance in a foreign country that is regul
The term “regulated futures contract” means a contract— (A) with respect to which the amount required to be deposited and the amount which may be withdrawn depends on a system of m
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “regulated investment company” means a domestic corporation which is a regulated investment company within the meaning of section 851(a). /
the term “regulated item” means any plastic ring carrier device that contains at least one hole greater than 1¾ inches in diameter which is made, used, or designed for the purpose
“regulated lending institution” means any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, farm credit bank, Federal land bank association, production credit association, or simil
The term “regulated natural gas” means domestic natural gas produced and sold by the producer, before July 1, 1976, subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission, the
The term “regulated person” means a person who manufactures, distributes, imports, or exports a listed chemical, a tableting machine, or an encapsulating machine or who acts as a b