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  • RECTUS IN CURIA
    Lat. Right in court The condition of one who stands at the bar, against whom no one objects any offense. When a person outlawed has reversed his outlawry, so that he can have the benefit of the law, he ia said to be "rectus in curia." Jacob.
  • RECUPERATIO
    Lat In old English Jaw. Recovery; restitution by the sentence More...
  • RECUPERATORES
    In Roman law. A species of Judges flrst appointed to decide controversies between Roman citizens and strangers concerning rights requiring speedy remedy, but whose jurisdiction was gradual* ly extended to questions which might be brought before ordinary judges. Mackeld. Rom. Law, I 204. Reeurrendum est ad extraordinarium quando, non valet More...
  • RECUSANTS
    In English law. Persons who willfully absent themselves from their parish church, and on whom penalties were imposed by various statutes passed during the reigns of Elizabeth and James L Wharton. Those persons who separate from the church established by law. Termes de la "Ley. The term was practically restricted More...
  • RECUSATIO TESTIS
    Lat In the civil law. Rejection of a witness, on the ground of incompetency. Best Ev. Introd. 60, { 60
  • RECUSATION
    In the civil law. A species of exception or plea to the jurisdiction, to the effect that the particular judge is disqualified from hearing the cause by reason of interest or prejudice. Poth. Proa Civile, pt 1, c. 2, | 5.The challenge of jurors. Code Prac. La. arts. 409, 500. More...
  • RED, RAED, OV REDE
    Sax. Advice; counsel.
  • RED BOOK OF THE EXCHEQUER
    An ancient record, wherein are registered the holders of lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II., the number Of hides of land in certain counties before the Conquest, and the ceremonies on the coronation of Eleanor, wife of Henry III. Jacob; Cowell.
  • RED-HANDED
    With the marks of crime fresh on him.
  • RED TAPE
    n a derivative sense, order carried to fastidious excess; system run out into trivial extremes. Webster v. Thompson, 55 Ga. 434.
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