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Relative amount; proportion. See 30 App. Div. 24, 51 N. Y. Supp. 897. Reason; plan.

The ground of decision. RATIO EST FORIVIALIS CAUSA CONsuetudinis. Reason is the source and mold of custom. RATIO EST LEGIS ANIIMA; IVIUTATA legis ratione mutatur et lex. Reason is

Reason is the molding cause of custom.

Reason is the spirit of the law; by a change in the reason of the law, the law is also changed.

Reason is a ray of divine light. Co. Litt. 232. RATIO ET AUCTORITAS DUO CLARISsima mundi lumina. Reason and authority are the two brightest lights in the world. 4 Inst. 320.

Reason is a ray of divine light.

Reason and authority are the two most shining lights of the world.

An impertinent reason; and argument not pertaining to the question. See 90 Fed. (U. S.) 33.

Reason in law is perfect equity.

The reason or occasion of Grotius distinguishes between "ratio" and "mens," the meaning or intent of a law.

The reason of the law is the soul of the law. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 45.

Alimony.

WRIT DE. See De Rationalibus Devisis. RATI 0 N ABI LIS PARS BONORUM. See De Rationabile Parte Bonorum; Reasonable Part. RATI ONE TEN UR/E. By reason of tenure.

See De rationabili parte bonorum .

Reasonable.

for protecting this small subgroup than a blanket tax exemption for all taxpayers named Smith would be a rational means to protect a particular taxpayer named Smith who demonstrate

A legislature ... may make distinctions of degree having a rational basis, and when subjected to judicial scrutiny they must be presumed to rest on that basis if there is any conce

A statutory classification in the area of social welfare is consistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if it is 'rationally based and free from invidio

A legislative determination making proof of one fact evidence of the ultimate fact on which guilt is predicated 'would not be sustained if there was no rational connection between

Reasonable doubt, which see.

WRIT DE. The name of a writ which lies properly when two men have lands in several towns or hamlets, so that the one is seised of the land in one town or hamlet, and the other of t

One founded on reason, as a faculty of the mind, and opposed to an irrational purpose. See 198 111. 365, 64 N. E. 1058.

The distinctions drawn by a challenged statute must bear some rational relationship to a legitimate state end and will be set aside as violative of the Equal Protection Clause only

L By reason; on account. Ratione impotentia;: on account of inability. Ratione loci: by reason of place. Ratione inateriae: from the nature of the subject Ratione persoiise: from t

By reason of the contract.

Lat. On account of inability. A ground of qualified property in some animals feræ natures; as in the young ones, while they are unable to fly or run. 2 Bl. Comm. 3, 4.

By reason of impotence.

By reason of locality.

By reason of the matter in hand.

By reason of the matter involved; In consequence of or from the nature of, the subject-matter.

Lat By reason of the person concerned; from the character of the person.

By reason of the person concerned.

By reason of privilege.

In old law. The pleadings in a suit. Rationes exercere, or ad rationes stare, to plead.

On account of the soil, i. e., the ownership of it.

By reason of tenure.

Reason is not confined to any place. RATIO POTEST ALLEGARI DEFICIENte lege, sed vera et legal is et non apparens. Reason may be alleged when the law is defective, but it must be tr

Reason is not confined to place.

The term “ratio of debt to equity” means the ratio which the total indebtedness of the issuing corporation bears to the sum of its money and all its other assets (in an amount equa

A pertinent reason; one pertaining to the question. See 90 Fed. (U. S.) 33.

Co. Litt. 191. Reason may be alleged when law is defective; but it must be true and legal rcasen, and not merely apparent.

The law being deficient, reason can be alleged, but it must be true and legal and not merely apparent.

A writ which lay for persons who are summoned to attend the assizes or to sit on a jury and wish to be freed and discharged from the same. Reg. Orig. 100. NON PROCEDENDO AD ASSISSA

The act of trade unionists in causing the tools, clothes, or other propor cease working. It is an offense punishable by fine or imprisonment. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 86, § 7.

Lat. On account of the soil; with reference to the soil. Said to be the ground of ownership in bees. 2 BL Comm. 393.

Rated as valid; deemed valid.

or RAUNSOME (Law Fr.) In old English law. Ransom; a fine; a severe kind of fine. Sur peyne de raunsome, on pain of ransom. Britt. c. 11. Per raunsome simple ou graund, solonc le fa

Ransom.

The term "Raven Rock Mountain Complex" means that area of land (consisting of approximately 720 acres) and improvements thereon, including parking areas, at the Raven Roc

A long, deep, and narrow hollow, worn by a stream or torrent of water; a long, deep, and narrow hollow or pass through the mountains! Long v. Boone Co., 36 la. 60.

To rape. See 74 Mass. 489, 69 Am. Dec. 264.

In pleading. A technical word necessary in an indictment for rape. No other word or circumlocution will answer. The defendant should be charged with having "feloniously ravished" t

In criminal law. An unlawful taking of a woman, or of an heir in ward; rape. RAVISHMENT DE CARD (Law Fr.) An abohshed writ, which lay for a guardian by knight's service or in socag

The abduction of a ward.

In English law. The marriage of an infant ward without the consent of the guardian. It is punishable by St. Westminster II. c. 35, RE (Lat.) In the matter of. RE, verbis, scripto,

The term “raw agricultural commodity” means any food in its raw or natural state, including all fruits that are washed, colored, or otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “raw agricultural product” means any farm or fishery product.

the term “raw ivory” means any African elephant tusk, and any piece thereof, the surface of which, polished or unpolished, is unaltered or minimally carved;

The term “raw material” means a substance or product that— (A) has a generic use; and (B) may be used in an application other than an implant.

Henry Gilbert. The pocket law lexicon, explaining technical words, phrases, and maxims of the English, Scotch, and Roman Jaw. 2d Eda. 1 vol. l6mo. London, 1884.

The term “raw sugar” means any sugar, as defined above, manufactured or marketed in, or brought into, the United States, in any form whatsoever, for the purpose of being, or which

The term “raw value” means a standard unit of sugar testing ninety-six sugar degrees by the polariscope. All taxes shall be imposed and all quotas shall be established in terms of

The term “raw wool” means greasy wool, pulled wool, degreased wool, or carbonized wool.

To erase. 3 How. Sinte Tr. 156.

In Spanish law. Cause, (causa.) Jlas Partidas, pt. 4, tit 4, 1. 2.

The term "RD&D" means research, development, and demonstration.

In the case of; in the matter of.

The term “reacquisition” means, with respect to any applicable debt instrument, any acquisition of the debt instrument by— (i) the debtor which issued (or is otherwise the obligor

In the middle temple, those persons were so called who were appointed to deliver lectures or "readings" at certain periods during term. The clerks in holy orders who read prayers a

“readily accessible to the general public” means, with respect to a radio communication, that such communication is not— (A) scrambled or encrypted; (B) transmitted using modulatio

The term “readily achievable” means easily accomplishable and able to be carried out without much difficulty or expense. In determining whether an action is readily achievable, fac

The term “readily available inventories” means stocks and supplies of petroleum products which can be distributed or used without affecting the ability of the importer or refiner t

For purposes of paragraph (4), the term “readily tradable” means a bond or other evidence of indebtedness which is issued— (A) with interest coupons attached or in registered form

The term “readily tradable instrument” means— (A) any instrument which is part of an issue any portion of which is traded on an established securities market (within the meaning of

The terms “armory” and “readiness center” mean a structure that houses one or more units of a reserve component and is used for training and administering those units. Such terms i

The term “reading” means a complex system of deriving meaning from print that requires all of the following: (A) The skills and knowledge to understand how phonemes, or speech soun

In English ecclesiastical law. The title of a person admitted to a rectory or other benefice will be divested unless within two months after actual possession he publicly read in t

To take np the study of law with the purpose of being admitted to the bar and practicing the profession. See 169 Pa. 602, 32 Atl. 654.

The term “readmission” means, in the case of an individual who is discharged from an applicable hospital, the admission of the individual to the same or another applicable hospital

the claims did not read on, that is, did not accurately describe, the disclosure in the application

that this defendant may be sued in New York, where it 'is doing business." We granted certiorari 2 because of an asserted conflict with this Court's decision in Stonite Products Co

On a note payable in ready-made clothing, the payee has no right to demand a garment which has been

Cash.

Where a deafforest-ed forest is again made a forest. 20 Car. II. c. 3.

—At Common Law. A term which is applied to land in its most enlarged signification. "Real security," therefore, means the security of mortgages or other incumbrances affecting land

In the Civil Law. One by which a person seeks to recover his property which is in the possession of another. Dig. 50. 16. 16. It is to be brought against the person who has possess

are those which concern the realty only, being such by which the demandent claims title to have any lands or tenements, rents, or other hereditaments, in fee simple, fee tail, or f

An advancement of a portion of the parent’s real estate. See 3 Rand. (Va.) 559. See, also, Advancement.

Lands or real estate in the hands of an heir, chargeable with the payment of the debts of the ancestor. 2 Bl. Comm. 244, 302; 2 Williams, Ex'rs, 436. See "Assets."

In Scotch law. Where a right to lands is expressly granted under the burden of a specific sum, which is declared a burden on the lands themselves, or where the right is declared nu

Same as Chattel interest.

See "Chattel." REAL CHYMIN (Law Fr.) In old English law. The royal way; the king's highway (regia via). Y. B. P. 6 Edw. III. 48.

A royal road.

'An agreement the consent of the ordinary and the patron of the living, that the land shall for the future be discharged from payment of tithes, by reason of some land or other rea

The term “real conflict of interest” means any instance where a member of the Board, the methodology committee established under subsection (d)(6), or an advisory panel appointed u

At Common Law. A contract respecting real property. 3 Rawle (Pa.) 225. In Civil Law. Those contracts which require the interposition of a thing (rei) as the subject of them; for in

tn the civil law, are those which require the interposition of a thing (rei,) as the subject of them; for instance, the loan for goods to be specifically returned. By that law, con

A covenant connected with a conveyance of realty, whereby an obligation to pass something real is created, or which is so connected with the realty that he who has the latter is en

As to each question to which a claim of privilege is directed, the court must determine whether the answer to that particular question would subject the witness to a 'real danger'

The term "real effective exchange rate" means a weighted average of bilateral exchange rates, expressed in price-adjusted terms.