Law Dictionary

The right of a land owner to have his soil, either in its natural state, or, in certain cases, with the additional weight of the buildings or other structures thereon, sustained by

restitution orders is supported by the fact that such an interpretation would produce a result " 'demonstrably at odds with the intention of its drafters.' " "Ron Pair," 489 U.S.,

The practice of law is not a matter of grace, but of right for one who is qualified by his learning and his moral character.

It is now well established that the Constitution protects the right to receive information and ideas. This right to receive information and ideas, regardless of their social worth,

See Right of redemption .

the Sherman Act 'does not restrict the long recognized right of trader or manufacturer engaged in an entirely private business, freely to exercise his own independent discretion as

The right of a speedy trial is necessarily relative. It is consistent with delays and depends upon circumstances. It secures rights to a defendant. It does not preclude the rights

this recognition of 'the right to strike' plainly contemplates a lawful strike,—the exercise of the unquestioned right to quit work.

the claim for relief Congress afforded consumers in § 1679g.

It is a rule of commercial law, too familiarly known to require the citation of authorities, or to admit of question, that the payee or indorsee of a bill upon its presentment and

The right to travel is a part of the 'liberty' of which the citizen cannot be deprived without the due process of law under the Fifth Amendment.

The right to trial by jury is 'a basic and fundamental feature of our system of federal jurisprudence' and it is 'part and parcel of the remedy afforded railroad workers under the

the owner of the machine, whether he built it or purchased it, if he has also acquired the right to use and operate it during the lifetime of the patent, may continue to use it unt

not a capital asset, but is simply an incident of the underlying physical property, the recompense for which is commonly regarded as rent

The next subject of inquiry is, the right to visit and to detain for search. This is a belligerant right, which cannot be drawn into question. As little can it be questioned that t

It requires no argument to show that the right to work for a living in the common occupations of the community is of the very essence of the personal freedom and opportunity that i

The strictness of the law.

Cadaveric rigidity. The peculiar rigidity which takes place in the muscles of the body within five or six hours after death and which remains till putrefaction ensues. The muscles

The term “rigorous peer-review process” means a process by which— (A) employees of a State educational agency who are familiar with the programs and activities assisted under this

In prac- 8 am not informed. A formal answer the defendant’s attorney in cost to y that he has not been advised of any to beinade tothe action. Thereupon nent by default passes.

This court was established by St. 20 & 21 Vict. c. 35, which transferred to it all jurisdiction then exercisable by any ecclesiustical court in England, in matters matrimonial, and

estates, is sometimes understood to mean all kinds of property; but its more limited signification, includes only such estate as has descended in the same family; and in a still mo

A combination for illegal or otherwise improper purposes. See 132 Cal. 224, 64 Pac. 290.

In criminal law. A phrase applied in England to a trick frequently practiced in committing larcenies. It is difficult to define it. It will be sufficiently exemplified by the follo

See Prize fight .

A usage prevailing on the Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis, by which merchants having contracts with the same brokers both for grain sold and grain bought, purchased and sold for t

In criminal law. A trick practiced by a criminal, by which, on receiving a good piece of money in payment of an article, he pretends it is not good, and, changing it, returns to th

A trick practised by a criminal, by which, on receiving a good piece of money in payment of an article, he pretends it is not good, and, changing it, returns to the buyer a spuriou

Is nothing more or less than the setting off of one trade against anotheiv- a thing which occurs in great cities in mercantile transactions. Payments being made through checks upon

The giving of golden rings by a newly-created sergeant-at-law to every person of rank at court, from the princes of the blood, through the lords in parliament and the Justices and

The term “Rio Grande Compact” shall mean that certain compact executed on March 18, 1938, by commissioners representing the States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas and consented

As used in this chapter, the term “riot” means a public disturbance involving (1) an act or acts of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of three or more persons,

St. 1 Geo. I. st. 2, c. 5, providing that, if any twelve persons or more are committing a riot, any sheriff, mayor, or certain other officers shall by proclamation in the king's na

One who inflames people's minds and induces them by violent means to accomplish an illegal object. See 122 111. 1, 3 Am. St. Rep. 320, 12 N. E. 898, 17 N. E. 898.

Riotously.

In English criminal law. The unlawful assembling of twelve persons or more, to the disturbance of the

In criminal pleading. A technical word properly used in an indictment for a riot, and ex vi termini implying violence. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 488, 490, note (f ); 2 Sess. Cas. 13, cite

The shore of a river.

A river.

abutting a river or stream and "littoral" means abutting an ocean, sea, or lake.

that New Jersey may control the riparian rights ordinarily and usually enjoyed by landowners on New Jersey's shore.

Those that possess opposite banks or different parts of banks of the same river.

if it extended to the river at that time it is clear that the owners thereof were riparian owners; and if so, it is equally clear that they were entitled, as such to all the accret

It was a principle of [the common] law 'that he who owns the bank, owns to the middle of the river, subject to the easement of navigation.' ... 'There is therefore no inconsistency

That riparian owners upon public navigable rivers have in addition to the rights common to the public, certain rights to the use and enjoyment of the stream, which are incident to

The word "riparian" has reference to the bank, and not to the bed of the stream. Those who own the land bounding on the watercourse are called riparian proprietors or riparian owne

This riparian right is property, and is valuable, and, though it must be enjoyed in due subjection to the rights of the public, it cannot be arbitrarily or capriciously destroyed o

He has, in addition to the rights common to the public a property right, incident to his ownership of the bank, of access from the front of his land to the navigable part of the st

among those rights are access to the navigable part of the river from the front of his lot, the right to make a landing, wharf or pier for his own use or for the use of the public,

Public use of the banks is, by the law of nations, just the same as that of the river itself.

Ready; in condition, e. g., ripe for judgment. See 161 Mass. 173, 36 N. E. 835.

A species of wall; stone laid into a kind of shingling, upon the slope of an embankment, at such points as are likely to be washed by water.''

Such differences of opinion or conflicts of interest must be 'ripe for determination' as controversies over legal rights. The disagreement must not be nebulous or contingent but mu

In determining whether a challenge to an administrative regulation is ripe for review a twofold inquiry must be made: first to determine whether the issues tendered are appropriate

Its basic rationale is to prevent the courts, through avoidance of premature adjudication, from entangling themselves in abstract disagreements over administrative policies, and al

A gratuity or reward given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn, or done other customary duties. Cowell.

A code of laws of the Franks, who occupied the country upon the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, who were collectively known by the name "Ripuarians," and their laws as "Ripuaria

Owners of lands bounded by a river or waters course.

L. Lat. In the civll law. A chest for the keeping of clothing. Calvin.

Risk; hazard.

The court’s final adjournment; the last day of the term. See 11 Neb. 163, 8 N. W. 385.

the term “risk” means the hazard that a reservoir of geothermal resources will cease to provide sufficient quantities of geothermal resources at minimum conditions required to main

The term “risk and needs assessment tool” means an objective and statistically validated method through which information is collected and evaluated to determine— (A) as part of th

The term “risk assessment” means an on-site investigation to determine and report the existence, nature, severity and location of lead-based paint hazards in residential dwellings,

For purposes of this section, the term "risk-based assessment" includes an evaluation of threat information specific to a covered facility or asset and, with respect to p

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “risk-based assessment system” means a system for calculating a depository institution's assessment based on— (i) the probability that the

In this section, the term "risk-based survey" means a risk-based survey developed under section 3673A(a) of this title. / The term "risk-based survey" means the

The term “risk factor” means any one of a number of characteristics of the community, school, family, or peer-individual domains that are known, through prospective, longitudinal r

“risk management” means the systematic application, by the owner or operator of a pipeline facility, of management policies, procedures, finite resources, and practices to the task

The term “risk management plan” means a risk management plan submitted to the Administrator by an owner or operator of a stationary source under subparagraph (B)(iii). / “risk mana

The term “risk of injury” means a risk of death, personal injury, or serious or frequent illness.

“risk retention group” means any corporation or other limited liability association— (A) whose primary activity consists of assuming, and spreading all, or any portion, of the liab

In Insurance. Those causes against loss from which the insurer is to be protected in virtue of the contract for insurance. The risk or peril in a life policy is death under a fire

It is held that this term is not the equivalent of "perils of navigation," but is of more comprehensive import than the latter. Pitcher v. Hennessey, 48 N. Y. 419.

The terms “Tier 1” and “risk-weighted assets” have the meanings given those terms in the capital guidelines or regulations established by the Board for bank holding companies.

Fr. In insurance law; the dlssolution of a policy or contract of insurance for any cause. Emerig. Trait6 des Assur. c. 16.

The term “Rita GO Zone” means that portion of the Hurricane Rita disaster area determined by the President to warrant individual or individual and public assistance from the Federa

To make proof of a Jacob. T. To loan money upon securi-_ more or Jess permanent nature, or to in business ventures or real estate, ise lay it out, so that it may produce or income,

Rightly; with due formality; properly.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit, abridge, or in any way hinder the religious freedom of any person or group. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chap

In French law, the shore, as of the sea. In English law, a toll anciently paid

I. I. In old English law. A river.

To have the liberty of a river for fishing and fowling. Cowell.

“River” means a flowing body of water or estuary or a section, portion, or tributary thereof, including rivers, streams, creeks, runs, kills, rills, and small lakes.

When a great river is the boundary between two nations or states, if the original property is in neither, and there be no convention respecting it, each holds to the middle of the

The term “river basin commission” means— (i) a commission established by interstate compact to apportion, store, regulate, or otherwise manage or coordinate the management of the w

The term “Riverbed” means the Drybed Lands and the Wetbed Lands and includes all minerals therein.

Wherever the river is a boundary between States, it is the main, the permanent river, which constitutes that boundary; and the mind will find itself embarrassed with insurmountable

The thread or center line of a river.

In old English law. The use of a river for the purposes of fishing, etc. Hale de Jur. Mar. par. 1, c. 2. RIVUS (Lat.) In the Civil Law. A trench for water to pass. Defined by Ulpia

(Lat.) In civil law. A dispute; a quarrel. Dig. 48. 8. 17. RIXATRIX (Lat.) A common scold.

A scold.

The name of a coin. The rix dollar of Bremen is deemed, as money of account at the custom house, to be of the value of seventy-eight and three-quarters cents. Act March 3, 1843. Th

This abbreviation may stand either for "Revised Laws" or "Roman law."

in contracts, is a person to whom a remittance is made., Story on Bailm. § 75...

“R.M.S. Titanic” means the shipwrecked vessel R.M.S. Titanic, her cargo or other contents, including those items which are scattered on the ocean floor in her vicinity; and

A contraction of regina, (queen). 1 Inst. CI. 12.

There are some rules which the courts authorize their officers to grant as a matter of course, without formal application being made to a judge in open court, and these are technic

A legal principle, of general application, sanctioned by the recognition of authorities, and usually expressed in the form of a maxim or logical proposition. Called a "rule," becau

Certain outers made by the couris for the purpose of regulating the practice in actions and other proceedings before them