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RECEPTUS
Lat In the civil law. The name sometimes given to an arbitrator, because he had been received or chosen to settle the differences between the parties. Dig. 4, 8; Cod. 2, 56.

Lat In the civil law. The name sometimes given to an arbitrator, because he had been received or chosen to settle the differences between the parties. Dig. 4, 8; Cod. 2, 56. Less...
RECESS
In the practice of the courts, a recess is a short Interval or period of time during which the court suspends business, but without adjourning. See In re Gannon, 69 Cal. 541, 11 Pac. 240. In legislative practice, a recess is the 'interval, occurring in consequence of an adjournment between More...

In the practice of the courts, a recess is a short Interval or period of time during which the court suspends business, but without adjourning. See In re Gannon, 69 Cal. 541, 11 Pac. 240. In legislative practice, a recess is the 'interval, occurring in consequence of an adjournment between the sessions of the same continuous legislative body; not the interval between the final adjournment of one body and the convening ot another at the next regular session. See Tipton v. Parker, 71 Ark. 193, 74 S. W. 298. Less...
RECESSION
The act of ceding back; the restoration of the title and dominion of a territory* by the government which now holds it, to the government from which it was obtained by cession or otherwise. 2 White, Recop. 516.

The act of ceding back; the restoration of the title and dominion of a territory* by the government which now holds it, to the government from which it was obtained by cession or otherwise. 2 White, Recop. 516. Less...
RECESSUS MARIS
Lat. In old English law. A going back; reliction or retreat of the sea.

Lat. In old English law. A going back; reliction or retreat of the sea. Less...
RECHT
Ger. Right; justice; equity; the whole body of law; unwritten law; law; also a right. There is much ambiguity in the use of this term, an ambiguity which it shares with the French "droit;* the Italian "diritto," and the English "right" On the one hand, the term "recht" answers to More...

Ger. Right; justice; equity; the whole body of law; unwritten law; law; also a right. There is much ambiguity in the use of this term, an ambiguity which it shares with the French "droit;* the Italian "diritto," and the English "right" On the one hand, the term "recht" answers to the Roman "jus," and thus indicates law in the abstract considered as the foundation of all rights, or the complex of underlying moral principles which impart the character of justice to all positive law, or give it an ethical content. Taken in this abstract sense, the term may be an adjective, in which case it Is equivalent to the English "Just," or a noun, in which case it may be paraphrased by the expressions "justice," "morality," or "equity." On the other hand, it serves to point out a right; that is, a power, privilege, faculty, or demand, Inherent in one person, and Incident upon another. In the latter signification urecht" (or "droit," or "diritto," or "right") is the correlative of "duty" or "obligation." In the former sense, it may be considered as opposed to wrong, injustice, or the absence of law. The word "recht" baa the further ambiguity that it is used in contradistinction to "gesetz," aa "jus" is opposed to "lew," or the unwritten law to enacted law. See Daorr; Jus; RIGHT. Less...
RECIDIVE
In French law. The state of an individual who commits a crime or misdemeanor, after having once been condemned for a crime or misdemeanor; a relapse. Dalloz.

In French law. The state of an individual who commits a crime or misdemeanor, after having once been condemned for a crime or misdemeanor; a relapse. Dalloz. Less...
RECIPROCAL CONTRACT
A contract, the parties to which enter into mutual engagements. A mutual or bilateral contract.

A contract, the parties to which enter into mutual engagements. A mutual or bilateral contract. Less...
RECIPROCAL WILLS
Wills made by two or more persons In which they make reciprocal testamentary provisions in favor of each other, whether they unite in one will or each executes a separate one. In re Caw-ley's Estate, 136 Pa. 628, 20 AtL 567, 10 L. R. A. 93.

Wills made by two or more persons In which they make reciprocal testamentary provisions in favor of each other, whether they unite in one will or each executes a separate one. In re Caw-ley's Estate, 136 Pa. 628, 20 AtL 567, 10 L. R. A. 93. Less...
RECIPROCITY
Mutuality. The term is used in international law to denote the relation existing between two states when each of them gives the subjects of the other certain privileges, on condition that its own subjects shall enjoy similar privileges at the hands of the latter state. Sweet.

Mutuality. The term is used in international law to denote the relation existing between two states when each of them gives the subjects of the other certain privileges, on condition that its own subjects shall enjoy similar privileges at the hands of the latter state. Sweet. Less...
RECITAL
The formal statement or setting forth of some matter of fact in any deed or writing, in order to explain the reasons upon which the transaction is founded. The recitals are situated in the premises of a deed, that is, in that part of a deed between the date and More...

The formal statement or setting forth of some matter of fact in any deed or writing, in order to explain the reasons upon which the transaction is founded. The recitals are situated in the premises of a deed, that is, in that part of a deed between the date and the habendum, and they usually commence with the formal word "whereas." Brown. The formal preliminary statement in a deed or other instrument, of such deeds* agreements, or matters of fact as are necessary to explain the reasons upon which the transaction is founded. 2 Bl. Comm. 298. In pleading. The statement of matter as introductory to some positive allegation, beginning in declarations with the words, "For that whereas." Steph. PL 388, 389. Less...

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