Law Dictionary

I. In the civil law. Broken.

The term "road" has the meaning given the term in section 212.1 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on February 7, 2014).

The bed or foundation upon which the superstructure of a railroad rests. See 63 Cal. 467, 49 Am. Rep. 98.

Public or quasi municipal corporations organized or authorized by statutory authority in many of the states for the special purpose of establishing, maintaining, and caring for pub

Unless restrained by some constitutional limitation, a state has inherent power to require every able-bodied man within its jurisdiction to labor for a reasonable time on public ro

The term "road or trail" means a road or trail designated by 1 or more of the Secretaries for public use.

The term “road safety audit” means a formal safety performance examination of an existing or future road or intersection by an independent multidisciplinary audit team.

In maritime law. A known general station for ships {statio tutissima nautis), notoriously used as such, and distinguished by the name, and not any spot where an anchor will find bo

A tax for the maintenance and repnir of the public roads within the particular jurisdiction, levied either in money or in the form of so many days' labar on the public roads exacte

The term “road user” means a motorist, passenger, public transportation operator or user, truck driver, bicyclist, motorcyclist, or pedestrian, including a person with disabilities

Whatever space a railroad company is allowed by law in which to construct its roadbed and lay its tracks. See 63 Cal. 467, 49 Am. Rep. 98.

a disease among horses occasioned by the circumstance of the neck of the wind pipe being too narrow for accelerated respiration; the disorder is frequently produced by sore throat

To commit robbery. See Robbery .

Robbery.

A robber.

I. 1. In old English law. To rob; to take away violently.

In old English law. A robber. Robbatores et burglatores, robbers and burglars. Bract fol. 115b.

One who commits a robbery; one who feloniously and forcibly takes goods or money to any value from the person of another by violence or putting him in fear.

the unlawful taking or obtaining of personal property from the person or in the presence of another, against his will, by means of actual or threatened force, or violence, or fear

Robbery on the seas is considered as an offence within the criminal jurisdiction of all nations. It is against all, and punished by all; and there can be no doubt that the plea of

or ROBOUR (Law Fr. from rdbber, to Toh). A robber. De robbourset de larmins, of robbers and of thieves. Britt. c. 15; Y. B. M. 3 Edw. II. 55.

Fr. A word anciently used by sailors for the cargo of a ship. The Italian "roba" had the same meaning.

or ROBERSMEN. In old English law. Persons who, in the reign of Richard I., committed great outrages on the borders of England and Scotland. Said to have been the followers of Rober

Robbery.

In this section, the term “robocall violation” means a violation of subsection (b) or (e) of section 227 of this title .

A robber.

Co-operative societies maintaining stores for the benefit of their members who are usually stockholders in the corporation.

"rock dust" means pulverized limestone, dolomite, gypsum, anhydrite, shale, adobe, or other inert material, preferably light colored, 100 per centum of which will pass th

the term “Rock Island Railroad” means the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, the estate of such Company in its reorganization proceeding, or the trustee appointed i

A measure sixteen and a halt feet long; a perch. ROGARE (Lat.) In Roman law. To ask or solicit. Rogare legem, to ask for the adoption of a law; to propose it for adoption. Derivati

In feudal law. Certain servitors who held their land by serving their lords on horseback. Co.welL

In Canadian law, a license, granted on payment of a tax or fee, permitting the licensee to angle for fish (particularly salmon) which are otherwise protected or preserved.

rodknyg Uts. In old English law. Mounted retainers; vassals or tenants whose service was to ride with their lord from manor to manor.

(Roman Law) To ask for the enactment of a proposed law; to demand.

(Roman Law) A request for the enactment of a proposed law; a demand.

QUESTIONES, ET POSItiones debent esse simplices. Demands, questions, and claims ought to be simple. Hob. 143. ROGATOR(Lat. from rogare, q. v.). In the Roman law. The proposer of a

Hob. 143. Demands, questione, and claims ought to be simple.

Demands, questions and claims ought to be simple.

A week each year when the boundaries of parishes and manors were surveyed.

This in making a nuncupative will, is where the testator formally calls upon the persons present to bear witness that he has declared his will. Williams, Ex'rs, 116; Browne, Prob.

Lat. In Roman law. The proposer of a law or rogation.

LETTERS. See "Letters Rogatory." ROGO (Lat.) In the Roman law. I ask. A common word in wills. Dig. 30. 108. 13. 14; Id. 31., 77. 25.

See Letters Rogatory.

March 15, 1836; died October 12, 1864. Philip P. Barbour, March 15, 1836; died February 24, 1841. William Smith, March 8, 1837; declined. John Catron, March 8, 1837; died May 30, 1

I ask; I request.

A French word, which in that language signifies proud, arrogant. In some of the ancient English statutes, it means an idle, sturdy beggar, which is its meaning in law. Rogues are u

See Vagrant. ROXi Xi. 1. A sheet of parchment on which proceedings were entered. A schedule of parchment, which may be rolled up like a pipe Or tube, sheet to sheet, or so tacked t

A court will not compel the delivery to one convicted of murder and afterwards, on a new trial, acquitted, of Bertillon measurements and photographs of him taken while in prison; I

Realm.

Queen.

In French mercantile law. The list of a ship's crew; a muster roll.

The list of a ship's crew; the muster roll.

A schedule of parchment which may be turned up with the hand in the form of a pipe or tube. Jacob. In early times, before paper came in common use, parchment was the substance empl

A schedule of parchment which may be turned up by the hand in the form of a pipe or tube. Jacob, Law Diet.; Colman v. Shattuck, 2 Hun (N. Y.) 502. In early times, before paper came

steel plates, shapes, sheets, bars, and other unfinished steel products and are in turn made from ingots by means of rolling mills.

A continuous and ever-extending credit up to a certain limit. See 59 Tex. 80.

rolling a marihuana cigarette.

The cars, locomotives and their attachments, of a railroad. See 96 111. 443.

With respect to equipment first placed in service after October 22, 1994, for purposes of this section, the term “rolling stock equipment” includes rolling stock equipment that is

The act of 35 & 36 Viet. c. 50, passed to protect the rolling stock of railways from distress or sale in certain cases.

See Court Rolls; Copyhold.

The term “rollover contract” means any contract, entered into on or after November 9, 1978, for the first sale of natural gas that was previously subject to an existing contract wh

For purposes of this section, the term "rollover contribution" includes a contribution to a Coverdell education savings account made before the end of the 1-year period b

A plan shall not fail to meet the requirements of this paragraph if, under the terms of the plan, the present value of the nonforfeitable accrued benefit is determined without rega

An office in Chancery Lane, London, which contains rolls and records of the high court of chancery, of which the master of the rolls is keeper. It was formerly called domus convers

A series of rolls commencing in the reign of Edward I., and forming, according to Mr. Hubback, by far the most important branch of the public records of the kingdom, from their ant

There are several in this court relating to the revenue of the country.

In English law. In each of the two temples is a roll called the "calf's head roll," wherein every bencher, barrister, and student is taxed yearly; also meals to the cook and other

The terms “blank check company”, “rollup transaction”, “partnership”, “limited liability company”, “executive officer of an entity” and “direct participation investment program”, h

The term “roll-your-own tobacco” means any tobacco product which, because of its appearance, type, packaging, or labeling, is suitable for use and likely to be offered to, or purch

A Christian who admits the authority of the pope of Rome. See 53 N. H. 9, 5o, 16 Am. Rep. 82.

The stat. 23 & 24 Viet. c. 134, providing a method for enjoying estates given upon trust for Roman Catholics, but invalidated by reason of certain of the trusts being superstitious

The juristic personality of the Roman Catholic Church, with the right to sue and to take and hold property has been recognized by all systems of European law from the fourth centur

This law, as it prevails in South Africa, was derived from (1) the privileges granted by the counts of Holland and other feudal superiors; (2) collections of customary law and the

In a general sense, this comprehends all the laws which prevailed among the Romans, without regard to the time of their origin, including the collections of Justinian (now generall

Lat. Pilgrims that traveled to Rome on foot

Peter’s pence, which see.

Peter-pence, (q. v.) Cowell.

The term “Rome Statute” means the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of

A tract of land in the county of Kent, England, containing twenty-four thousand acres, governed by certain ancient and equitable laws of sewers, composed by Henry de Bathe, a vener

“Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport” means the airport described in the Act of June 29, 1940 (ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686).

A game of chance.

The fourth part of an acre.

the term "room confinement" means the involuntary placement of a covered juvenile alone in a cell, room, or other area for any reason.

In a figurative sense, the term "root" is used to signify the person from whom one or more others are descended.

The same as "stock of descent."

The document with which an abstract of title properly commences is called the "root" of the title.

In a deed, will pass such land of the grantor as is exclusively devoted to the use of the rope-walk. Davis ^. Handy, 37 N. H. 65.

A kind of rushes, which some tenants were obliged by their tenure to furnish their lords withal. Cowell.

“Rosin” includes gum rosin and wood rosin.

Heathy ground or ground full of ling; also watery and moorish land. 1 Inst 5.

“roster” means a list of persons qualified to provide services as neutrals.

A court.

The term “rotation” means the assignment of civilian employees referred to in subsection (b) to duty outside the United States and the return of such employees to duty within the U

In old English law. Horned cattle. Cowell.

For purposes of this title, the term “Roth IRA” means an individual retirement plan (as defined in section 7701(a)(37)) which is designated (in such manner as the Secretary may pre

Small boroughs in England, which, prior to the reform act, 1832, returned one or more members to parliament.

A clause sometimes inserted in policies of marine insurance, to the effect that "if, on a regular survey, the ship shall be declared unseaworthy by reason of being rotten or unsoun

I. I. In old English law. A roll, skins of parchment; a record on a touiee: the Roll of Win ton, or Winchester, plied to Domesday Book, but properly, Alfred.

The roll of Winton. An exact survey of all England, made by Alfred, not unlike that of Domesday; and it was so called because it was kept at Winchester, among other records of the