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A non-negotiable evidence of debt, or debenture, issued by authority of a court of chancery, as a first lien upon the property of a debtor corporation in the hands of a receiver. B

Certificates of indebtedness issued by a receiver, as surety for money borrowed, to carry on the receivership. They are usually made a first lien on the property. See 117 U. S. 434

A receivership is only a means to reach some legitimate end sought through the exercise of the power of a court of equity. It is not an end in itself.

A receivership in a foreclosure suit is limited and special. The rents and profits are impounded for the benefit of a particular mortgagee, to be applied upon the debt in the event

Persons appointed by the English board of trade. The duties of a receiver of wreck are to take steps for the preservation of any vessel stranded or in distress within his district;

the term “receiving agent” shall have the meaning given that term in section 261.2 of title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, as published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2002; a

“Receiving association” means the national banking association into which one or more national banking associations or one or more State banks, located within the same State, merge

The test is not where the shipment originated, but where the obligation of the carrier as receiving carrier originated.

The term “receiving depository institution” means the branch of a depository institution or the proprietary ATM, located in the United States, in which a check is first deposited.

“receiving facility” means a facility or operation where municipal or commercial waste is unloaded from a vessel.

The term “Receiving Office” means a national patent office or intergovernmental organization which receives and processes international applications as prescribed by the treaty and

The offense of receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen. (95 N. C. 626; 6 Cox, C. C. 353), and at common law it must have been received from the thief (13 Ired. [N.

the term 'receiving' a wager is synonymous with 'accepting' a wager; that it is the making of a gambling contract, not the transportation of a piece of paper, to which the statute

Same as Recens secta.

Fresh pursuit, which see.

The term “recently purchased stock” means any stock in the target corporation which is held by the purchasing corporation on the acquisition date and which was purchased by such co

The term “recently separated veteran” means any veteran who applies for participation under this chapter within 48 months after the discharge or release from active military, naval

In French law. A receipt setting forth the extent of the interest subscribed by a member of a mutual insurance company. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 571.

Z. t In old English law. Receiptment; the receiving or harboring of a felon.

1. 1. In old Engli.ih law. To receive; to harbor (a felon).

I. In civil and old English law. A receiver or harborer of a robber or other felon. Receptor,?. In old English law. Receiver; a receiver. Eecepto'r denariornm: receiver of moneys.

For purposes of this section, the term “reception areas” means the areas of the Harry S Truman Federal Building, located at 2201 C Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columb

[T]he reception of a radio broadcast and its translation into audible sound is not a mere audition of the original program. It is essentially a reproduction... Reproduction in both

An arbitrator.

The time in which the court is not actually engaged in business. In re Gannon, 69 Cal. 541, 11 Pac. 240.

I. In old English law. A going from; a going off or out of land; egress. Recessus maris: a going back, reliction or retreat of the sea.

A regrant; the act of a returning the title of a country to a government which formerly held it, by one which has it at the time; as, the recession of Louisiana, which took place b

An exit; egress.

Receding of the sea. See Reliction .

recettour, I. fr. In old English law. A receiver or harborer of a felon; an accessory after the fact

or RECETTOUR (Law Fr.) In old English law. A receiver or harborer of a felon; an accessary after the fact. Britt. c. 24; One who received and concealed a returned outlaw. Id. c. 12

The receiving or harboring of a felon or an outlaw.

Same as Recetour.

The term “rechargeable battery”— (A) means 1 or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electrically connected to produce electric energy, that is designed to be recharged for repeated use

The term “rechargeable consumer product”— (A) means a product that, when sold at retail, includes a regulated battery as a primary energy supply, and that is primarily intended for

Ransom.

To ransom.

Gee, Right; justice; equity; the whole body of law; unwritten law; law; also a right. There is much ambiguity in the use of this term, an ambiguity which it shares with the French

In French law. The state of an individual who commits a crime or misdemeanor, after having once been condemned for a crime or misdemeanor; a relapse. Many statutes provide that, fo

One who has been convicted previously of a similar crime.

The fundamental mistake of the plaintiff in error is his assumption that the judgment below imposes an additional punishment on crimes for which he had already been convicted and p

The term “recipient” means an individual or entity that receives assistance from a State or State designated entity from amounts made available to the State or State designated ent

the term “recipient agency” means any agency, or contractor thereof, receiving records contained in a system of records from a source agency for use in a matching program;

The term “recipient country” means Canada, Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

In civil law. One by which the parties enter into mutual engagements. They are divided into perfect and imperfect. When they are perfectly reciprocal, the obligation of each of the

Mutual accounts. See 79 N. Y. 1, 35 Am. Rep. 496.

the terms “agent institution”, “reciprocal deposits”, and “well capitalized” have the meanings given those terms in subsection (i); and / The term “reciprocal deposits” means depos

The practice results in 'an irrelevant and alien factor,' intruding into the choice among competing products, creating at the least 'a priority on the business at equal prices.' A

Application of the reciprocal trust doctrine requires only that the trusts be interrelated, and that the arrangement, to the extent of mutual value, leaves the settlors in approxim

Same as Mutual will.

Wills made by two or more persons in which they make reciprocal testamentary provisions in favor of each other, whether they unite in one will or each executes a separate one. In r

“reciprocating state” means any foreign nation designated as such by the Administrator under section 1428 of this title;

The term "reciprocity" means reciprocal recognition by Federal departments and agencies of eligibility for access to classified information.

The repetition of some former writing, or the statement of something which has been done. It is useful to explain matters of fact which are necessary to make the transaction intell

It is familiar law, also, which was applied in Carver v. Jackson, 4 Pet. 86, 88, that a mere recital of a fact in a deed is as effectual an estoppel as a covenant. There is no nece

If an election or other fact is required to authorize the issue of the bonds of a municipal corporation, and if the result of that election, or the existence of that fact, is by la

the recitals of public acts are regarded as evidence of the facts recited, it is otherwise, as we have seen, in reference to private acts. They are not evidence except against the

In a statute requiring that a sheriff’s deed recite the execution, names of the parties, etc., it was held that the word recite does not mean to copy or repeat verbatim, but only t

Simple negligence; want of due care; more than heedlessness or negligence. See 114 Ala. 492, 62 Am. St. Rep. 116, 22 South. 279.

reckless conduct is not measured by whether a reasonably prudent man would have published, or would have investigated before publishing. There must be sufficient evidence to permit

The test which we laid down in New York Times is not keyed to ordinary care; defeasance of the privilege is conditioned, not on mere negligence, but on reckless disregard for the t

driv[ing] any vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property." §8–1566(a).

An indifference whether wrong is done or not. An indifference to the rights of others. Recklessness and wantonness are stronger terms than mere or ordinary negligence. Kansas Pac.

The terms "reclaim" and "reclamation" mean— (A) the reprocessing of a recovered regulated substance to at least the purity described in standard 700–2016 of the

Domesticated animals which are wild by nature.

In Scotch law. A petition for review of an interlocutor, pronounced in a sheriff's or other inferior court. It recites verbatim the interlocutor, and, after a written argument, end

The terms "reclaim" and "reclamation" mean— (A) the reprocessing of a recovered regulated substance to at least the purity described in standard 700–2016 of the

The term “reclamation 1 project” has the meaning given such term in section 460 l –32(3) of this title.

A subdivision of a state created by legislative authority, for the purpose of reclaiming swamp, marshy or desert lands within its boundaries and rendering them fit for habitation o

The term "Reclamation facility" means each of the infrastructure assets that are owned by the Bureau at a Reclamation project.

The words “reclamation fund” mean the fund provided by the reclamation law.

The term “Reclamation lands” means real property administered by the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, and includes all acquired and withdrawn lands and wa

The words “reclamation law” mean the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

"reclamation plan" means a plan submitted by an applicant for a permit under a State program or Federal program which sets forth a plan for reclamation of the proposed su

The term “Reclamation program” means any activity authorized under the Federal reclamation laws (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093; 43 U.S.C. 371 )),1 and Acts s

The term “Reclamation project” means any water supply or water delivery project constructed or administered by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Federal reclamation laws (the Act

The term "Reclamation State" includes any of the following States: (A) Alaska. (B) Arizona. (C) California. (D) Colorado. (E) Idaho. (F) Kansas. (G) Montana. (H) Nebraska

The term “Reclamation States” means the States and areas referred to in the first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 ( 43 U.S.C. 391 ).

Incarceration under a sentence to undergo an infamous punishment, with civil degradation. See 47 La. Ann. 367, 16 South. 952.

contracts, is he who enters into a recognizance.

I., Recognition. An inquiry, conducted hy a chosen body of men, not sitting as part of the court, into the facts in dispute in a case at law; these recognitors preceded the jurymen

“recognition” means the entry of an order granting recognition of a foreign main proceeding or foreign nonmain proceeding under this chapter; and

A writ to the justices of the common bench for sending a record touching a recognisance, which the recognizor suggests was acknowledged by force and duress; that if it so appear th

Recognition Items of Nominal or Modest Value.—In this section, the term “recognition item of nominal or modest value” means a commemorative coin, medal, trophy, badge, flag, poster

Definition.—The term “recognition items of nominal or modest value” means commemorative coins, medals, trophies, badges, flags, posters, paintings, or other similar items that are

An accordance by a foreign government of belligerent rights to another mass or body of people engaged in civil war, by which such people are granted the rights of civilized warfare

What government is to be regarded here as representative of a foreign sovereign state is a political rather than a judicial question, and is to be determined by the political depar

There is no particular form for congressional recognition of Indian right of permanent occupancy. It may be established in a variety of ways but there must be the definite intentio

The term “recognition period” means the 5-year period beginning with the 1st day of the 1st taxable year for which the corporation was an S corporation. For purposes of applying th

The term “recognition period taxable year” means any taxable year any portion of which is in the recognition period.

A name formerly applied to a jury impanelled on an assise in a real action; because, says Jacob, they acknowledge a disseisin by their verdict. The word is sometimes met in modern

In English law. The name by which th^ jurors impaneled on an assize are known. 17 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 174.

a recognizance, which is a bond, or obligation, of record

To try; to examine In order to determine the truth of a matter. 3 Bl. Comm. Append. No. III. § 4; Bracton, 179. To enter into a recognizance.

The term “recognized amount” means, with respect to an item or service furnished by a nonparticipating provider or nonparticipating emergency facility during a year and a group hea

The term “recognized built-in gain” means any gain recognized during the recognition period on the disposition of any asset except to the extent that the S corporation establishes

The term “recognized built-in loss” means any loss recognized during the recognition period on the disposition of any asset to the extent that the S corporation establishes that— (

one recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax exempt, one recognized by some community agency, or one approved by some municipal official.

The term “recognized fishing rights” means, with respect to an Indian tribe, fishing rights secured as of March 17, 1988, by a treaty between such tribe and the United States or by

In this subsection the term "recognized organization" has the meaning given that term in section 2.45–1 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date