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The term “recovered resources” means material or energy recovered from solid waste.
In old conveyancing. The party who suffered a common recovery.
In old conveyancing. The party who suffered a common recovery.
The demandant in a common recovery, after judgment has been given in his favor, assumes the name of "recoverer."
- Recoverydefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Stimson (1881)Bouvier (1839)
The restoration of a former right, by the solemn judgment of a court of justice. 3 Murph. (N. C.) 169. A common recovery is a judgment obtained in a fictitious suit, brought agains
The term “recovery action program grant” means a matching grant to a local government for development of local park and recreation recovery action programs to meet the requirements
“recovery action program grants” means matching grants to local governments for development of local park and recreation recovery action programs to meet the requirements of this c
The term “recovery audit” means a recovery audit described in section 3352(i).
A form of common recovery wherein the writ was brought against one to whom a conveyance was made as a matter of form and who vouched the real tenant, the latter vouching the common
The term “recovery community organization” has the meaning given such term in section 290ee–2(a) of this title . / In this section, the term “recovery community organization” means
the term "recovery costs" means expenses for personnel directly involved in the recovery efforts to obtain collections from restitution or from subrogation for payment un
the term "recovery home" means a shared living environment that is, or purports to be, free from alcohol and illicit drug use and centered on peer support and connection
The term "recovery housing" means a shared living environment free from alcohol and illicit drug use and centered on peer support and connection to services that promote
It is undoubtedly true, that in general, a recovery in ejectment, like other judgments, binds only parties and privies. It is conclusive evidence in an action for mesne profits aga
Where profits are made by the use of an article patented as an entirety, the infringer is liable for all the profits 'unless he can show—and the burden is on him to show—that a por
The term "recovery program" means a program— (i) to help children, adolescents, or young adults who are recovering from substance use disorders to initiate, stabilize, an
Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the term “recovery ratio” means the ratio which— (i) the sum of the values of all recoveries under section 1362, 1363, or 1364 of this title
The term "recovery startup business" means any employer— (A) which began carrying on any trade or business after February 15, 2020, and (B) for which the average annual g
A coward.
The term “recreational activities” includes the operations of gymnasiums and related facilities.
“recreational areas and facilities” means indoor or outdoor parks, buildings, sites, or other facilities which are dedicated to recreation purposes and administered by public or pr
The term “recreational fishing” means fishing for sport or pleasure. / The term “recreational fishing” means fishing for personal use and enjoyment using conventional angling gear,
The term “recreational organization” includes any organization or entity that has as its primary function pleasure, amusement, or sports activities.
The term “recreational program” includes any activity or service that is intended as an entertainment pastime.
more than that the reservoir created by the dam will be the best one possible or practical from a recreational viewpoint.
The term “recreational trail” means a thoroughfare or track across land or snow, used for recreational purposes such as bicycling, cross-country skiing, day hiking, equestrian acti
The term “recreational vehicle” has the meaning given the term in section 3282.8 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of promulgation of regulations p
“recreational vessel” has the meaning given that term in section 1362 of title 33 ; / The term “recreational vessel” means any vessel that is— (i) manufactured or used primarily fo
“recreational vessel manufacturer” means a person engaged in the manufacturing, construction, assembly, or importation of recreational vessels, components, or associated equipment.
the term “recreation area” means the Smith River National Recreation Area established by section 460bbb–2 of this title; / The term “Recreation Area” means the Spring Mountains Nat
The term “recreation area or facility” means an indoor or outdoor park, building, site, or other facility that is dedicated to recreation purposes and administered by a public or p
“recreation assessment” means the recreation assessment adopted pursuant to section 544d of this title ;
The term "recreation enhancement or improvement services" means— (A) establishing, repairing, restoring, improving, relocating, constructing, or reconstructing new or exi
The term “recreation fee” means an entrance fee, standard amenity recreation fee, expanded amenity recreation fee, or special recreation permit fee.
The term "recreation pass" means the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass or one of the other recreation passes available as authorized by section 6804 of t
The term “recreation-related activities” means advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities that result in individuals with developmental disabilities having access
The term "recreation service provider" means a person that provides recreational services to the public under a special recreation permit under clause (iii) or (iv) of pa
To answer one accusation by a counter-charge. Thus, for defendant in a divorce suit, founded on allegations of adultery, to charge the plaintiff with adultery, is to recriminate. C
- Recriminationdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Anderson (1889)
In the law of divorce. The defense that the plaintiff has been guilty of such a matrimonial offense as is a ground for divorce. At common law only an offense of the same nature as
The term “recruit” means a noncitizen, nonresident person, recruited by the international matchmaking organization for the purpose of providing dating, matrimonial, or social refer
The term “recruiting access” means access requested as described in paragraph (1).
This term, in Mass. Stat. 186.3, ch. 38, confirming acts of towns in agreeing to pay "bounties and recruiting expenses" for soldiers already furnished by them, can only be applied
In old English law. The king's right to prisage or inking of one butt or pipe of wine before and another behind the mast, as a custom for every ship laden with wines. Cowell.
I I. In old English law. A claim of right, or an appeal to law for the recovery of a right.
Rightly.
Rectification of instrument. In English law. To rectify is to correct or define something which is erroneous or doubtful. Thus, where the parties to an agreement have determined to
The rectification or purification of spirits, after their distillation has been complete, in order to fit them for certain purposes of combination with other materials, is no part
- rectifierdefined inCase LawBallentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Anderson (1889)Abbott (1879)
every person who colors, flavors, or otherwise processes distilled spirits by distillation, blending, percolating or other processes.
To correct; to amend; to refine by distillation; to sublimate. See 64 Pa. 100.
Right or justice; legal dues; tribute or payment. Cowell. RECTO (Lat.) Right. Breve de recto, writ of right.
See De recto .
A writ of right, which was of so high a nature that as other writs in real actions were only to recover the possession of the land, etc., in question, this aimed to recover the sei
See De recto de advocatione .
A writ which lay at common law where a man had right of advowson of a church, and, the parson dying, a stranger had presented. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 30. RECTO DE CUSTODIA TERRAE ET hae
A writ of right ot ward of the land and heir. Abolished.
A writ of right of dower, which lay for a widow who had received part of her dower, and demanded the residue, against the heir of the husband or his guardian. Abolished. See 23 & 2
A writ of right of dower whereof the widow had nothing, which lay where her deceased husband, having divers lands or tenements, had assured no dower to his wife, and she thereby wa
A writ of right of the reasonable part, which lay between privies in blood; as brothers in gavelkind, sisters, and other coparceners, for land in fee simple. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 9. R
See De recto patens .
A writ of right, when or because the lord had remitted his court, which lay where lands or tenements in the seignory of any lord were in demand by a writ of right Fitzh. Nat Brev.
- Rectordefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Stimson (1881)Abbott (1879)
In ecclesiastical law. One who RECTOR PROVINCIAE (Lat.) In the Roman law. The governor of a province. Code, 1. 40.
Same as Great tithes.
Great or predial tithes.
Lat In Roman law. The governor of a province. Cod. 1, 40.
A Roman provincial governor.
A rector of a parish who has not the cure of souls. 2 Steph. Comm. 683.
In English law. Corporeal real property, consisting of a church, glebe lands, and tithes. 1 Chit. Prac. 163. RECTUM (Lat.) Right; also a trial or accusation. Bracton; Cowell.
An abolished writ on disclaimer.
STARE AD. To stand trial or abide by the sentence of the court. RECTUS IN CURIA (Lat. right in court). The condition of one who stands at the bar, against whom no one objects any o
To be right in court.
To ask for right; to petition the judge to do right.
To ask for right; to petition the judge to do right.
To stand trial or abide by the sentence of the court.
Right in court; exonerated.
To recover; literally, to get again — J-e-copere. Quod recuperet. That he may recover. The ordinary form of a judgment at law for the plaintiff. See Recover.
I. e., AD REM, PER IN- Juriam extortam sive detentam, pep sententiam judicis restitutio. Recovery, i. e., restitution by sentence of a judge of a thing wrongfully extorted or detai
- Recuperatio est alicujus rei in causam, alterius adductae per judicem acquisitiodefined inBlack's (1910)
Co. Hitt. 154a. Recovery is the acquisition by sentence of a judge of anything brought into the cause of another.
- Recuperatio, i.e., ad rem injuriam extortam sive detentam, per sententiam judicis restitutiodefined inBallentine's (1916)
Recovery, that is, restitution through the judgment of a court of a thing wrongfully extorted or detained.
Roman judges.
Recourse must be had to the extraordinary when the ordinary does not succeed.
We must have recourse to what is extraordinary, when what is ordinary falls.
Insanity which returns from time to time. See 22 Tex. App. 279, 58 Am. Rep. 638, 3 S. W. 539.
The term “recurring plan or report” means a plan or report submitted on a recurring basis.
See Irrecusable .
In English law. A person who refuses to make the declarations against Catholicism, and promotes, encourages or professes the Catholic religion.
In English Law. Persons who wilfully absent themselves from their parish church, and on whom penalties were imposed by various statutes passed during the reigns of Elizabeth and Ja
In civil law. A plea or exception by which the defendant requires that the judge having jurisdiction of the cause should abstain from' deciding, upon the ground of interest, or for
In the civil law.
For purposes of this section, the term “recyclable material” means scrap paper, scrap plastic, scrap glass, scrap textiles, scrap rubber (other than whole tires), scrap metal, or s
The term “recycling” or “recycle” means that process (including sorting) by which worn or superfluous materials are manufactured or processed into specification grade commodities t
The term “recycled oil” means— (A) used oil from which physical and chemical contaminants acquired through use have been removed by re-refining or other processing, or (B) any blen
The term “recycled wool” means (1) the resulting fiber when wool has been woven or felted into a wool product which, without ever having been utilized in any way by the ultimate co
The term “recycling” or “recycle” means that process (including sorting) by which worn or superfluous materials are manufactured or processed into specification grade commodities t
In the act of committing the crime.
The term “Redband Trout Reserve” means the Donner und Blitzen Redband Trout Reserve designated by section 460nnn–72 of this title .
The red-book of the exchequer is an ancient record, being a manuscript volume of several miscellaneous treatises, kept in an office in the exchequer. It contains some things (as th
An ancient record, wherein are registered the holders of lands per ba/roniam in the time of Henry III., the number of hides of land in certain counties before the Conquest, and the
Each word should be interpreted distributive. See 101 Va. 537, 63 L. R. A. 920, 44 S. E. 904.
The clause in a deed or other conveyance whereby the grantor creates a reservation in himself. See Reservation .
Giving the reason of his knowledge. In Scotch Practice. A formal phrase used in depositions, preceding the statement of the reason of the witness' knowledge. 2 How. St. Tr. 715.