Law Dictionary

Relief, which see.

Applicability to the issue joined. That quality of evidence which renders it properly applicable in determining the trutii or falsity of the matters in issue between the parties to

Relevancy and materiality for the purposes of production and inspection, with a view to use on cross-examination, are established when the reports are shown to relate to the testim

In the law of evidence. Hav-

The term “relevant accepted use” means a use for a drug in clinical practice that is supported by scientific evidence that appears to the Secretary to meet the standards for approv

In this section, the term “relevant acquisition function” means an acquisition function closely associated with inherently governmental functions.

The term "relevant actor" means— (A) the Federal Government; (B) a State, local, or Tribal government; or (C) the private sector.

The term “relevant agency” means the agency with authority under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(1). / The term “relevant agency” means a Federal agency, other than the F

The term "relevant basis" means, with respect to any partner, the portion of such partner's modified basis in the partnership which is allocable (under rules similar to t

The term “relevant CAFTA–DR article” means the CAFTA–DR article with respect to which a petition has been filed under section 4061(a) of this title.

The term “relevant capital measure” means the measures described in subsection (c).

the term “relevant children’s advocacy center personnel” means children’s advocacy center staff that regularly participate in multidisciplinary child support settings, including th

Relevant committees.—The term "relevant committees" means— (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Oversig

The term “relevant committees of Congress” means— (A) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Rules and Administration of the Senate; and (B) the Committees on Approp

The term “relevant congressional committee”— (A) means a congressional committee to which a recurring plan or report is required to be submitted; and (B) does not include any plan

The term "relevant congressional committees" means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and

In this section, the term “relevant date” means, with respect to an application for the registration of a mark with an initial filing basis of— (1) section 1051(a) of this title an

For purposes of this subsection, the term “relevant depository institution” means any depository institution of which the party is or was an institution-affiliated party at the tim

that which has any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the

The term “relevant executive branch agencies” means the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, the Department of Health and Human Services (in

The term "relevant Executive branch agencies and officials" means the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, the Department of the T

The term “relevant FDA regulations” means the regulations promulgated under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355(i) ).

The term “relevant Federal agency” means any of the following Federal agencies that guarantee or make direct mortgage loans on Indian land: (A) The Department of Agriculture. (B) T

The term "relevant Federal department or agency" means the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, the Department of Defense, the Dep

The term "relevant Federal departments and agencies" means— (A) the United States Agency for International Development; (B) the Department of State; (C) the Department of

For purposes of this section, the term “relevant foreign asset” means, with respect to any covered asset acquisition, any asset (including any goodwill, going concern value, or oth

The term “relevant FTA country” means the free trade area country to which an antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding pertains.

The term "relevant FTA Secretary" means the Secretary— (A) referred to in article 10.16 of the USMCA, or (B) provided for in paragraph 5 of article 1909 of the Agreement,

The proper question to be asked * * * is not where the parties to the merger do business or even where they compete, but where, within the area of competitive overlap, the effect o

The term “relevant geographic market area” includes a State or a standard metropolitan statistical area as periodically established by the Office of Management and Budget.

That market is composed of products that have reasonable interchangeability for the purposes for which they are produced—price, use and qualities considered.

The term “relevant museum”— (A) has the meaning given the term “museum” in section 9172 of title 20 ; and (B) shall not include any entity that is organized as a for-profit entity.

the term “relevant period” means the period determined by the President to be applicable to a special safeguard agricultural good for purposes of applying this section; and

The term “relevant specified assets” means, with respect to any specified holder with respect to any insurance company, the aggregate amount of the specified assets, with respect t

(L. Fr.) To relieve; to pay a relief. Britt. c. 69.

Lat. [from L. Fr. relever, to raise or lift again.] In old English and Scotch law. Relief; one of the incidents of the feudal tenure. Bract, fol. 84. Spelman.

“reliability” refers to (A) the average time and distance over which normal automobile operation can be expected without significant repair or replacement of parts, and (B) the eas

The term “reliability standard” means a requirement, approved by the Commission under this section, to provide for reliable operation of the bulk-power system. The term includes re

The term "reliable broadband service" means broadband service that meets performance criteria for service availability, adaptability to changing end-user requirements, le

the term “reliable data” means the most recent data available which are found by the Secretary to be reliable for purposes of this section.

The term “reliable operation” means operating the elements of the bulk-power system within equipment and electric system thermal, voltage, and stability limits so that instability,

The term “reliable source” means a citizen of, or business entity organized under the laws of— (A) the United States or any territory or possession of the United States; (B) a coun

any person who— "(A) with respect to a particular work, engages in acts, before the source country of that work becomes an eligible country, which would have violated section 106 i

A widow; as A. B., relict of C. B.; A. B., widow of C. B. RELICTA VERIFICATIONE (Lat. his pleading being abandoned). lii pleading. A confession of judgment made after plea pleaded,

The defendant’s abandonment of his plea or defense to an action.

L. Lat. Where a judgment was coniessed by cognovit actionem after pica pleaded, and the plea was withdrawn, it was called a "conlession" or "cognovit actionem relictai verification

A confession of judgment after having filed a plea.

Land made by the recession of the water by which it was previously covered. See 186 111. 235, 78 Am. St. Rep. 274, 57 N. E. 867.

“relief” includes the whole or a part of an agency— (A) grant of money, assistance, license, authority, exemption, exception, privilege, or remedy; (B) recognition of a claim, righ

PRAYER FOR. A bill in equity concludes with such prayer for specific relief as the plaintiff deems himself entitled to under the averments of the bill; and a prayer for general rel

See Railroad Relief Funds.

Under the general prayer for relief, the Court will often extend relief beyond the specific prayer, and not exactly in accordance with it. Where a case for relief is made in the bi

In feudal law. To hold or depend; thus, a tenant was said to relieve of the crown. Now obsolete. RELIGION (Lat. re, back, ligo, to bind). Real piety in practice, consisting in the

“reliever airport” means an airport the Secretary designates to relieve congestion at a commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall commun

all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that he is unable to reasonably accommodate to an employee's or prospective emp

In English law. They are thus enumerated by Black-stone: (1) Apostasy; (2) heresy; (3) reviling the ordinances of the church ; (4) blasphemy; (5) profane swearing; (6) conjuration

The religion (of the child) follows (that of) the father.

When religious books or reading are spoken of, those which tend to promote the religion taught by the Christian dispensation must be considered as referred to, unless the meaning i

In this section, the term “religious apparel” means apparel the wearing of which is part of the observance of the religious faith practiced by the member.

An assembly of religious persons. See 25 N. C. 111.

Those which tend to promote the religion taught by the Christian dispensation, unless by associated words the meaning is so limited to show that some other form of worship is refer

Any corporation the charter powers of which are to be used in aid of the propagation and practice of a religious belief, but the fact that a corporation is under the control of mem

See Religious sect .

Questions respecting the religious education of children arise not infrequently by reason of applications to the courts for either restraining or mandatory process intended to cont

The term “religious exercise” includes any exercise of religion, whether or not compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief.

the term “religious group” means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common religious creed, beliefs, doctrines, practices, or rituals; and

Places set apart for pious uses; such as monasteries, churches, hospitals, and all other places where charity was extended to the relief of the poor and orphans, or for the use or

Those who ship of God, the preservation and perpetuafalsely pretend an extraordinary commission tion of said church, and the better control from heaven, or terrify and abuse the pe

The Constitution makes no provision for protecting the citizens of the respective states in their religious liberties; this is left to the state constitutions and laws: nor is ther

Men who lived in monasteries; monks.

The term “religious nonmedical health care institution” means an institution that— (A) is described in subsection (c)(3) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is

The term “religious organization” means a nonprofit religious organization.

Those sentiments concerning the relations between God and man which may influence human conduct. See 51 N. J. L. 432, 14 Am. St. Rep. 693, 17 Atl. 969.

As used in this section, the term "religious real property" means any church, synagogue, mosque, religious cemetery, or other religious real property, including fixtures

People believing in the same religious doctrines who are more or less closely associated or organized to advance such doctrines and increase the number of believers therein. See 76

An incorporated society created and maintained for the support of public worship. See 99 Mo. App. 601, 74 S. W. 409.

A belief in certain dogmas of religion which are prerequisite to the holding of a civil office, or the exercise of any civil right. "No religious test shall ever be required as a q

A sincere and meaningful belief which occupies in the life of its possessor a place parallel to that filled by the God of those admittedly qualifying for the exemption comes within

See Charitable Uses.

See Charitable uses .

The act of assembling for the purpose of performing acts of adoration to the Supreme Being, or of performing religious service in the recognition of God as an object of worship, lo

See Abandon; Derelict; Discharge; Quit; Release; Remit, 3, 3; Renounce; Waive.

A forsaking, abandoning, or giving over a right; for example, a plaintiff may relinquish a bad count in a declaration, and proceed on a good; a man may relinquish a part of his cla

This court on several occasions has held, that the taxing power of a state is never presumed to be relinquished, unless the intention to relinquish is declared in clear and unambig

The remainder or debt which a person finds himself debtor in upon the balancing or liquidation of an account. Hence reliqiiary, the debtor of a reliqua; as also a person who only p

Remains; such as the bones, etc., of saints, preserved with great veneration as sacred memorials. They have been forbidden to be used or brought into England. St. 3 Jac. I. c. 26.

(Civil Law) The renewal of a lease without change in its terms.

In Scotch law. A reletting or renewal of a lease; a tacit relocation is permitting a tenant to hold over without any new agreement. REM domino vel non domino vendente duobus. In ju

The term "relocation allowances" means the costs associated with relocating a member of the uniformed services and the member's dependents between an old and new temporar

For purposes of this section and section 928 of this title, the term "relocation or sharing costs" means the costs incurred by a Federal entity in connection with the auc

See In rem ; Ad rem.

1. When an accused person, after a partial hearing, is sent back to prison to await further proceedings, as, the collection of testimony, the magistrate is said to remand him, and

The remnant of an estate in lands or tenements expectant on a particular estate created together with the same at one time. Co. Litt. 143a. To constitute a valid remainder at commo

A use so qualified that it will take effect as a remainder.

One who is entitled to the remainder of the estate after a particular estate carved out of it has expired.

One who is entitled to the remainder of the estate after a particular estate carved out of it has expired. WiU. Real P. 290.

a continuous activity, and this Court has followed that ordinary meaning in analogous legal contexts, see, e. g., United States v. Cores, 356 U. S. 405, 408.

The term “remaining obligations” means the debt obligations of the Association outstanding as of the dissolution date.

The term “remaining property” means the following assets and liabilities of the Association which are outstanding as of the reorganization effective date: (A) Debt obligations issu

The Secretary may establish such additional conditions on loans provided under this section as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. The Secretary may require owners receivin