Resceit

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or RECEIT. The admission or receiving of a third person to plead his right in a cause formerly commenced between two oth^r persons; as, when an action is brought against a tenant for life or years, or any other particular tenant, and to defend his right, and to plead with the demandant. Jacob; Cowell. The admittance of a plea when the controversy is between the same two persons. CJo. Litt. 192; 8 Nelson, Abr. 146.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The permitting of one not a party to come into an action and plead a right of his own. Resceu. Same as Rescue.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

RECEIT. The admission or receiving of a third person to plead his right in a cause formerly commenced between two other persons: as, when an action is brought against a tenant for life or years, or any other particular tenant, and he makes default, in such case the reversioner may move that he may be received to defend his right and to plead with the demandant Jacob, Law Diet.; Cowell. The admittance of a plea when the controversy is between the same two persons. Co. Litt. 192.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English Jiractice. An admission or receiving a third person to plead hls right in a cause formerly commenced between two others; as, in an action by tenant for life or years, he in the reversion might come in and pray to be received to defend the land, and to plead with the demandant Cowell.

— Resceit of homage. The lord's receiving homage of hls tenant at his admission to the land. Kitch. 148.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

The admission of a third party to defend his own interest, as the reversioner in an action against the tenant.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

An old English law term, nearly equivalent to our modern word receipt. It applied where any action was brought against a tenant for life or term of years, and the person in remainder or reversion came in and de la Ley; Cotvel. But the old real actions to which resceit applied are abolished, and the word has become obsolete.