Legal Term Dictionary

Lat Things intervening ; that is, things done by one of the parties to a contract, in the faith of its validity, and with the assent of the other party, and which have so affected his situation that the other will not be allowed to repudiate his obligation, although originally More...

Lat Things intervening ; that is, things done by one of the parties to a contract, in the faith of its validity, and with the assent of the other party, and which have so affected his situation that the other will not be allowed to repudiate his obligation, although originally it was imperfect, and he might have renounced It 1 Bell, Comm. 328, 329. Rei tnrpis nnllnm mandatnm est. The mandate of an immoral thing is void. Dig. 17, 1, 6, 3. A contract of mandate requiring an illegal or immoral act to be done has no legal obligation. Story, Bailm. | 158. Less...

A robbery. Cowell.

A robbery. Cowell. Less...

The primary, meaning of this word is "to pay back." Philadelphia Trust, etc., Co. v. Audenreld, 83 Pa. 264. It means to make return or restoration of an equivalent for something paid, expended, or lost; to indemnify, or make whole.

The primary, meaning of this word is "to pay back." Philadelphia Trust, etc., Co. v. Audenreld, 83 Pa. 264. It means to make return or restoration of an equivalent for something paid, expended, or lost; to indemnify, or make whole. Less...

To place again in a former state, condition, or office; to restore to a state or position from which the object or person had been removed See Collins v. U. S., 15 Ct CI. 22.

To place again in a former state, condition, or office; to restore to a state or position from which the object or person had been removed See Collins v. U. S., 15 Ct CI. 22. Less...

A contract of reinsurance is one by which an Insurer procures a third person to Insure him against loss or liability by reason of such original Insurance. Civ. Code Cal. ? 2646. And see People v. Miller, 177 N. Y. 515, 70 N. E. 10; Iowa U Ins. Co. T. More...

A contract of reinsurance is one by which an Insurer procures a third person to Insure him against loss or liability by reason of such original Insurance. Civ. Code Cal. ? 2646. And see People v. Miller, 177 N. Y. 515, 70 N. E. 10; Iowa U Ins. Co. T. Eastern Mut L. Ins. Co., 64 N. J. Law, 340, 45 AtL 762; Chalaron v. Insurance Co., 48 La. Ann. 1582, 21 South. 267, 86 L. R. A. 742; Philadelphia Ins. Co. T. Washington Ins. Co., 23 Pa. 253. Reipnbliese interest voluntates defuno-tornm etfeetum sortiri. It concerns the state that the wills of the dead should have their effect Less...

Bank-notes which, after having been once paid, may again be put into circulation.

Bank-notes which, after having been once paid, may again be put into circulation. Less...

In pleading. To answer a plaintiff's replication in an action at law, by some matter of fact.

In pleading. To answer a plaintiff's replication in an action at law, by some matter of fact. Less...

In common-law pleading. The second pleading on the part of the defendant, being his answer of matter of fact to the plaintiff's replication.

In common-law pleading. The second pleading on the part of the defendant, being his answer of matter of fact to the plaintiff's replication. Less...

Rejoining voluntarily, or without being required to do so by a rule to rejoin. When a defendant waa under terms to rejoin gratis, he had to deliver a rejoinder, without putting the plaintiff to the necessity and expense of obtaining a rule to rejoin. 10 Mees. A W. 12; Lush, More...

Rejoining voluntarily, or without being required to do so by a rule to rejoin. When a defendant waa under terms to rejoin gratis, he had to deliver a rejoinder, without putting the plaintiff to the necessity and expense of obtaining a rule to rejoin. 10 Mees. A W. 12; Lush, Pr. 396; Brown. Relatio est Actio jnris et intenta ad unum. Relation is a fiction of law, and intended for one thing. 3 Coke, 28. Relatio semper flat nt valeat dispositio. Reference should always be had in such a manner that a disposition in a will may avail. 6 Coke, 76. Less...

1. A relative or kinsman; a person connected by consanguinity or affinity. 2.The connection of two persons, or their situation with respect to each other, who are associated, whether by the law, by their own agreement, or by kinship, in some social status or union for the purposes of domestic More...

1. A relative or kinsman; a person connected by consanguinity or affinity. 2.The connection of two persons, or their situation with respect to each other, who are associated, whether by the law, by their own agreement, or by kinship, in some social status or union for the purposes of domestic life; as the relation of guardian and ward, husband and wife, master and servant parent and child; so in the phrase "domestic relations." 3. In the law of contracts, when an act is done at one time, and it operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by relation; as, If a man deliver a deed as an escrow, to be delivered, by the party holding it, to the grantor, on the performance of some act the delivery to the latter will have relation back to the first delivery. Termes de la Ley. See U. S. v. Anderson, 191 U. S. 394, 24 Sup. Ct. 716, 48 L. Ed. 1035; Peyton v. Desmond, 129 Fed. 11, 63 C. C. A. 651.'" 4. A recital, account, narrative of facts; information given. Thus, suits by QUO tear-ranto are entitled "on the relation of a private person, who is called the "relator." But in this connection the word seems also to Involve the Idea of the suggestion, instigation, or instance of the relator. 5. In the civil law, the term "relation" was used to designate the report of the facts and law in a pending case, made by the judges to the emperor, for the purpose of obtaining his opinion on the questions of law involved, in the form of an imperial rescript This proceeding might be resorted to in cases where no law seemed applicable, or where there were great difficulties in its interpretation, until, it was abolished by Justinian. Nov. 125. Less...