Law Dictionary

t. Action. Rescous,/r. Rescue; the forcible taking of goods distrained, or delivery of a prisoner.

An action to rescind a contract or other written instrument.

In Scotch law. Actions which are brought to set aside deeds. Patterson, Comp. 1058, note. Proper improbation is an action brought for declaring writing false or forged. Reduction i

Common property.

In the civil law. A matter controverted; a matter in controversy; a point in question; a question for determination. Calv. Lex.

In old English law. Things of the crown; such as ancient manors, homages of the king, liberties, etc. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 6, § 3.

In old English law. Things of the crown; such as ancient manors, homages of the king, liberties, etc. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 6, § 3. or are perceptible to the senses. Dig. 1. 8. 1. 1; I

Corporeal property.

An old term, synonymous with "rescue" (g. v.). RESCRIPT In Canon Law. A term Including any form of apostolical letter emanating from the pope. The answer of the pope in writing. Di

A written statement by a court of its decision or conclusions of law; a Roman emperor’s decision on a doubtful point submitted to him.

In French law. A rescription is a letter by which the maker requests some one to pay a certain sum of money, or to account for him to a third law. To rescue. Rescussit, he rescued.

Lat In the civil law. A species of imperial constitution, in the form of an answer to some application or petition; a rescript. Calvin.

In Criminal Law, The forcibly and knowingly freeing another from arrest or imprisonment. 4 BL Comm. 131. A deliverance of a prisoner from lawful custody by a third person. 2 Bish.

I. I In old English law. Rescue; forcible liberation or release.

The party making a rescue is sometimes so called; but more properly he is a "rescuer." RESCUSSUS (Law Lat; from Law Fr. rescous). In old English law. Rescue; forcible liberation or

Rescue, which see. Rescutere. To rescue.

I. I. In old English law. To rescue. Rescnssit: he rescued. Rescussernnt: they rescued.

Receiving or harboring a felon.

A thing is named after its principal part.

9 Coke, 47. The thing is named from its principal part.

(Civil Law) Property from which the mind has withdrawn affection, and which has thus fallen back into the natural state of res nullius, and is again susceptible of becoming the pro

Abandoned property ; property thrown away or forsaken by the owner, so as to become open to the acquisition of the first taker or occupant. See Rhodes v. Whitehead, 27 Tex. 313, 84

The second sealing rights and interests; 9 B. Monr. 163; Alcutt of a writ by a master so as to continue it, or v. Lakin, 33 N. H. 507, 66 Am. Dee. 739; Mericure it of an irregulari

reseant, I. fr. Abiding; dwelling; residing.

The term “research” means any type of research to advance the image, desirability, marketability, production, or quality of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fow

the term “Research and Analysis Center” means the research and analysis center established under section 5344 of this title ;

the term “research” or “research and development” means any activity which is (A) a systematic, intensive study directed toward greater knowledge or understanding of the subject st

The term "research and development award" means support provided to an individual or entity by a Federal research agency to carry out research and development activities,

The term “research facility” means any school (except an elementary or secondary school), institution, organization, or person that uses or intends to use live animals in research,

In this paragraph, the term “research findings” means the results of a study or assessment.

the term "research institution" means a nonprofit institution, as defined in section 3703(5) 1 of this title, and includes federally funded research and development cente

The terms “research octane number” and “motor octane number” have the meanings given such terms in the specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) entit

“Research Office” means the Great Lakes Research Office established by subsection (d);

The term “research on women's health” means research on women's health conditions, including research on preventing such conditions.

the term “research plan” means the Steel Initiative Research Plan issued in April 1988 by the Department of Energy, and updates to that plan.

the term “research position” means a position in a professional series that primarily involves scientific inquiry or investigation, or research-type exploratory development of a cr

“research program” means a planned study of the manner in which public management policies and systems are operating, the effects of those policies and systems, the possibilities f

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “research reactor” means a nuclear reactor that— (i) is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under section 2134(c) of this title

the term “research report” means a written or electronic communication that includes an analysis of equity securities of individual companies or industries, and that provides infor

The term "research tool" means a device, technology, procedure, biological material, reagent, computer system, computer software, or analytical technique that is develope

In old English law. A taking back of seisin; a taking again into the hands of ~the king, lands of whereof a general livery or ousterlemain was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the fo

The term “reseller”— (A) means a provider who purchases telecommunications services from another telecommunications service provider and then resells, uses as a component part of,

The term “reservable liabilities” means transaction accounts, nonpersonal time deposits, and all net balances, loans, assets, and obligations which are, or may be, subject to reser

Reserving. In old conveyancing. An ^pt word of reserving a rent. Co. Litt. 47a. RESERVATIO NON DEBET ESSE DE proficuls Ipsis quia ea conceduntur, sed de redditu novo extra proficua

the word 'reservation' has a different meaning, for while the body of land described in the section quoted as 'Indian country' was a reservation, yet a reservation is not necessari

The reservation affects the entire relation between the State and the corporation, and places under legislative control all rights, privileges, and immunities derived by its charte

The rule rests not upon seeming ownership because of possession retained, but upon a lack of ownership because of dominion reserved. It does not raise a presumption of fraud. It im

The object of the reservation, and of similar reservations in other charters, is to prevent a grant of corporate rights and privileges in a form which will preclude legislative int

At common law there was a well-established practice of reserving questions of law arising during trials by jury and of taking verdicts subject to the ultimate ruling on the questio

That the right may be reserved to destroy a contract may be conceded; but when such a right is claimed, it must be clear and explicit.

A reservation ought not to be of the profits themselves, because they are granted, but of new rent aside from the profits.

A reservation ought not to be of the profits themselves, because they are granted, but from the new rent, apart from the profits. Co. Litt. 142.

lands and interest in lands owned by the United States and withdrawn, reserved, or withheld from private appropriation and disposal under the public-land laws, and lands and intere

In the construction of the statutes of usury, this distinction between the reservation, and taking of usurious interest, has been deemed very material: for the reservation of usuri

Where level premiums are paid, the amount of the annual premium is necessarily greater than the mortality cost during the early years of the insurance and less than the mortality c

The term “reserve account” means a separate account in an unemployment fund, maintained with respect to a person (or group of persons) having individuals in his (or their) employ,

The term “reserve active-status list” means a single list for the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps (required to be maintained under section 14002 of this title ) that contain

The terms "active-duty family member category", "retired category", and "reserve and young adult category" mean the respective categories of TRICARE S

To cause an objection to be entered of record during the progress of a trial or other proceeding in court.

The term “reserve area” means any area of land withdrawn from the public domain and administered, either solely or primarily, by the Secretary through the Service.

The terms “banks”, “national bank”, “national banking association”, “member bank”, “board”, “district”, and “reserve bank” shall have the meanings assigned to them in section 221 o

The term "reserve bank master account and services" means an account in which a Federal reserve bank— (A) receives deposits for an entity other than an official accountho

The term "reserve component" means— (A) the Army National Guard of the United States; (B) the Army Reserve; (C) the Navy Reserve; (D) the Marine Corps Reserve; (E) the Ai

The term “reserve-component annuity” means an annuity provided by virtue of eligibility under section 1448(a)(1)(B) of this title .

The term “reserve-component retired pay” means retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title (or under chapter 67 of this title as in effect before the effective date of the Reserve

The term “reserved conduit” means any conduit that is included in project works the care, operation, and maintenance of which has been reserved by the Secretary, through the Commis

when the act of 1812 dedicated certain lands for the purposes of education to the use of the village of St. Louis, and the act of 1831 vested the title to these lands in the city,

when the exercise of the reserved power of the State, in order to meet public need because of a pressing public disaster, relates to the enforcement of existing contracts, that act

A power reserved to the legislature to alter, amend, or repeal a charter authorizes it to make any alteration or amendment of a charter granted subject to it, which will not defeat

such power may be exercised to make any alteration or amendment in a charter granted that will not defeat or substantially impair the object of the grant or any rights which have v

the Federal Government had the authority both before and after a State is admitted into the Union 'to reserve waters for the use and benefit of federally reserved lands.' The reser

The term “reserved works” mean 2 any project facility at which the Secretary carries out the operation and maintenance of the project facility. / The term "reserved works&quot

For purposes of subclause (I), the term “reserve for post-retirement medical or life insurance benefits” means the greater of the amount of assets set aside for purposes of post-re

the term “reserve fund” means a fund, established by a participating State, earmarked for a particular participating financial institution, for the purposes of— (A) depositing all

losses in immediate contemplation, but not as yet actually sustained, were not intended to be treated as part of the reserve funds; that term rather having reference to the funds o

"Reserve officer" means a commissioned officer in the Reserve, except an officer excluded by section 3732 of this title or a commissioned warrant officer; and

The term “reserve property” means any property with respect to which a reserve is established under subsection (a)(1).

“Reserves” means the electric power needed to avert particular planning or operating shortages for the benefit of firm power customers of the Administrator and available to the Adm

reserves which are required either by express statutory provisions or by rules and regulations of the insurance department of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia when p

The term "Reservist" means a veteran described in section 3701(b)(5)(A) of this title who is eligible under section 3702(a)(2)(E) of this title.

The term “reservoir” means any producible natural accumulation of natural gas, crude oil, or both, confined— (A) by impermeable rock or water barriers and characterized by a single

It is a sorry state when the law is vague and uncertain.

The receiving or harboring an outlawed person. Cowell.

In Scotch law. Tb receiving and keeping stolen goods, know ing them to be stolen, with a design ol feloniously retaining them from the real owner. Alls. Crim. Law, 328.

In Scotch law. A recelvei of stolen goods, knovying them to have been stolen.

Section 265 does not preclude the use of the injunction by a federal court to restrain state proceedings seeking to interfere with property in the custody of the court.

In the civil law. Fungible things; things of such a nature that they can be replaced by equal quantities and qualities when returning a loan or delivering goods purchased, for exam

Fungible things. See Fungible .

In Scotch law. Goods which have been stolen. Bell.

Stolen goods.

3 Inst. 182. The word "thing" has a general signification, because it comprehends corporeal and incorporeal objects, of whatever nature, sort or species.

Thing has a general meaning, because it includes the corporeal as well as the incorporeal, of whatever kind, nature or species the things may be.

Evidence. The subject-matter; thingsdone. When it is necessary in the course of a cause to inquire into the nature of a particular act, or the intention of the person who did the a

These declarations were connected with acts in furtherance of the objects of the voyage, and within the general scope of his authority as conductor of the enterprise... The testimo

In the civil law, things which are prescriptible ; things to which a lawful title may be acquired by ordinary prescription.

In old English law. A man', residence or permanent abode. Such a man is called a "resiant." Kitch. Cts. 33.

RESIENT, or RESYAUNT (from Law Fr. reseant, resident). In old English law. Continually dwelling or abidinhabitants within a manor." 3 Leon. 8, case 21.

or RESEANT1A (Law Lat) In old English law. Resiance; residence. Spelman. See "Resiance." RESIDENCE (Lat. resedeo). Personal presence in a fixed and permanent abode. 20 Johns. (N. Y

Those containing the resiants in a tithing, etc., which were called over by the steward on holding courts lcct.

the place of general abode; the place of general abode of a person means his principal, actual dwelling place in fact.