REMITTANCE, comm. law. Money sent by one merchant to another, either in specie, bill of exchange, draft or otherwise.REMITTEE, contracts. A person to ...
REMEMBRANCERS; Eng. law. Officers of the exchequer, whose duty it is to remind the lord treasurer and the justices of that court of such things as are...
REMAINDER-MAN. One who is entitled to the remainder of the estate after a particular estate carved out of it has expired.TO REMAND. To send back or re...
RELIGIOUS TEST. The constitution of the United States, art. 6, s. 3, de-clares that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification ...
RELEVANT EVIDENCE. That which is applicable to the issue and which ought to be received; the phrase is used in opposition to irrelevant evidence, whic...
RELEASE, estates. The "conveyance of a man's interest or right, which he hath unto a thing, to another that hath the possession thereof, or s...
RELATIVE. One connected with another by blood or affinity; a relation, a kinsman or kinswoman. In an adjective sense, having relation or connexion wit...
RELAPSE. The condition of one who, after having abandoned a course of vice, returns to it again. Vide Recidive.RELATION, civil law. The report which t...
REI INTERVENTUS. When a party is imperfectly bound in an obligation, he may in general, annul such imperfect obligation; but when he has permitted the...
REGRESS. Returning; going back opposed to ingress. (q. v.)REGULAR DEPOSIT. One where the thing deposited must be returned. It is distinguished from an...