Law Dictionary

I. I. In old English law. A rasure.

A scraping off; the removal of words from an instrument by scraping off or out

One who had control of passage on a river.

John. Terms of the law; cr certain difficult and obscure words and terms of the common and statute laws 1721. Note. This work is also known as “Termes de la Ley.”

[L, Lat. barrasterius, from barra, a bar, q. v.] In English practice. One who appears at the bar of a court, in discharge of his duty as an advocate; one called to the bar {ad barr

An erasure.

An erasure.

or RASUM (Law Lat. from radere). In old English law. Rased; erased. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 54, § 12. A rase; a measure of onions, containing twenty flones, and each flonis twenty-five h

The distribution is to be 'ratable' on the claims as proved or adjudicated; that is, on one rule of proportion applicable to all alike. In order to be 'ratable,' the claims must ma

Within the meaning of ^a tax law, taxable estate. Marshfield v. Middlesex, 55 Vt. 545.

Taxable persons.

Property in its quality and nature capable of being rated, i. e. appraised, assessed. 10 B. & S. 323; Coventry Co. v. Assessors, 16 R. I. 240, 14 Atl. 877.

By the phrase ratable value, as used in the Connecticut statute against evasive transfers of bank stock, is not meant the percentage at which the stock goes into the grand levy, th

Pro rata, which see.

To consider the matter as ratified.

any rate or charge for the transportation of persons or property.

Normally, the unit for rate-making purposes, we may assume, would be the entire interconnected operating property of a utility used and useful for the convenience of the public in

The power granted to the Commission is simply the power to review rates and contracts made in the first instance by natural gas companies and, if they are determined to be unlawful

The function of ratemaking is purely legislative in its character, and this is true, whether it is exercised directly by the legislature itself or by some subordinate or administra

The term “ratemaking authority” means authority to fix, modify, approve, or disapprove rates. / The term “ratemaking authority” means authority to fix, modify, approve, or disappro

“rate of basic pay” means— (A) the rate of basic pay payable to an employee under law or regulations before any deductions or additions of any kind, but including— (i) any applicab

The actual value there of a bill drawn on a foreign country.

The power to fix, subject to constitutional limits, the charges of such a business as the furnishing to the public of telephone service, is among the powers of government, is legis

rates, fares, and charges, and all classifications, regulations, and practices relating thereto.

the basic contract and all supplements or agreements amendatory thereof, effective and applicable on and after June 7, 1954.

the term “rates of pay under the General Schedule”, “rates of pay for the General Schedule”, or “scheduled rates of basic pay” means the rates of basic pay under the General Schedu

the term “rates of pay under the General Schedule”, “rates of pay for the General Schedule”, or “scheduled rates of basic pay” means the rates of basic pay under the General Schedu

In English law. When any sheep, or other cattle, are kept in a parish for less time than a year, the owner must pay tithe for them pro rata, according to the custom of the place. F

Tithes charged pro rata on personal property kept within the parish for less than a year.

Ratification is inoperative if the party attempted to be charged was not competent to make the contract in question when the same was made, nor when the supposed acts of ratificati

See 20 Pick. (Mass.) 95.

the well known maxim, that subsequent ratification is equivalent to a prior order; and when made, it has relation back to the time of the original transaction, and gives it as full

The doctrine rests primarily upon the common-law rules that any person may, at his peril, seize property which has become forfeited to, or forfeitable by, the government; and that

It will not be denied that the acts of an agent, done without authority, may be so ratified and confirmed by his principals as to bind them in like manner as if an original authori

To give validity to the act of another, implying that the ratifier has at the time power to do the act ratified. See 118 U. S. 425, 30 L. Ed. 178, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1121.

Ratification. Ratihabitio. Ratification. Ratihabitio mandato aequiparatur.

Lat. Confirmation, agreement, consent, approbation of a contract. Saltmarsh v, Candia, 51 N. H. 76.

Ratification is held to be the equivalent of a command. See 154 Mass. 330, 26 Am. St. Rep. 249, 13 L. R. A. 219, 28 N. E. 279.

Ratification is equivalent to express command. Dig. 46, 3, 12, 4; Broom, Max. 867; Palmer v. Yates, 3 Sandf. (N. Y.) 151.

Confirmation; approbation of a contract; ratification.

Ratification is equivalent to a previous command. See 5 N. Y. Super. Ct. 137.

The term “rating” means the name (such as “boatswain's mate”) prescribed for members of an armed force in an occupational field. The term “rate” means the name (such as “chief boat

Rating agency.—The term “rating agency” means a bond rating agency identified by the Securities and Exchange Commission as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization.

the determination of their relative state or condition in regard to their insurable qualities

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