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RESCISSIO
Lat In the civil law. An annuling; avoiding, or making void; abrogation; rescission. Cod. 4, 44

Lat In the civil law. An annuling; avoiding, or making void; abrogation; rescission. Cod. 4, 44 Less...
RESCISSION
Rescission, or the act of rescinding, Is where a contract is canceled, annulled, or abrogated by the parties, or one of them. In Spanish law, nullity is divided into absolute and relative. The former is that which arises from a law, whether civil or criminal, the principal motive for which More...

Rescission, or the act of rescinding, Is where a contract is canceled, annulled, or abrogated by the parties, or one of them. In Spanish law, nullity is divided into absolute and relative. The former is that which arises from a law, whether civil or criminal, the principal motive for which is the public interest; and the latter is that which affects only certain individuals. "Nullity" is not to be confounded with "rescission." Nullity takes place when the act is affected by a radical vice, which prevents it from producing any effect; as where an act is in contravention of the laws or of good morals, or where it has been executed by a person who cannot be supposed to have any will, as a child under the age of seven years, or a madman, (un nino o demente.) Rescission Is where an act valid in appearance, nevertheless conceals a defect which may make it null, if demanded by any of the parties; as, for exam-trie, mistake, force, fraud, deceit, want of sufficient age, etc Nullity relates generally to public order, and cannot therefore be made good either by ratification or prescription; so that the tribunals ought for this reason alone, to decide that the null act can have no effect, without stopping to inquire whether the parties to It have or nave not received any injury. Rescission, on the contrary, may be made good by ratification or by the silence of the parties; and neither of the parties can demand it unless he can prove that he has received some prejudice or sustained some damage by the act Sunol v. Hepburn, 1 Cal. 281, citing Escriche. Less...
RESCISSORY ACTION
In Scotch law. One to rescind or annul a deed or contract.

In Scotch law. One to rescind or annul a deed or contract. Less...
RESCOUS
Rescue. The taking back by force goods which had been taken under a distress, or the violently taking away a man who la under arrest, and setting him at liberty, or otherwise procuring his escape, are both so denominated. This was also the name of a writ which lay in More...

Rescue. The taking back by force goods which had been taken under a distress, or the violently taking away a man who la under arrest, and setting him at liberty, or otherwise procuring his escape, are both so denominated. This was also the name of a writ which lay in cases of rescue. Co. Litt 160; 3 BL Comm. 146; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 100; 6 Mees. & W. 564. Less...
RESCRIPT
In canon law. 'A term including any form of apostolical letter emanating from the pope. The answer of the pope in writing. Diet. Droit Can. In the civil law. A species of imperial constitutions, being the answers of the prince in individual cases, chiefly given in response to inquiries by More...

In canon law. 'A term including any form of apostolical letter emanating from the pope. The answer of the pope in writing. Diet. Droit Can. In the civil law. A species of imperial constitutions, being the answers of the prince in individual cases, chiefly given in response to inquiries by parties in relation to litigated suits, or to inquiries by the judges, and which became rules for future litigated or doubtful legal questions. Mackeld. Rom. Law. At common law. A counterpart, duplicate, or copy. In American law. A written order from the court to the clerk, giving directions concerning the further disposition of a case. Pub. St Mass. p. 1295. The written statement by an appellate court of its decision in a case, with the reasons therefor, sent down to the trial court Less...
RESCRIPTION
In French law. A rescription is a letter by which one requests some one to pay a certain sum of money, or to account for him to a third person for it. Poth. Cont de Change, no. 225.

In French law. A rescription is a letter by which one requests some one to pay a certain sum of money, or to account for him to a third person for it. Poth. Cont de Change, no. 225. Less...
RESCRIPTUM
Lat In the civil law. A species of imperial constitution, in the form of an answer to some application or petition; a rescript Calvin.

Lat In the civil law. A species of imperial constitution, in the form of an answer to some application or petition; a rescript Calvin. Less...
RESCUE
The act of forcibly and intentionally, delivering a person from lawful arrest or imprisonment, and setting him at liberty. 4 Bl. Comm. 131; Code Ga. ? 4478; Robinson v. State, 82 Ga. 535, 9 S. E. 528. The unlawfully or forcibly taking buck goods which have been taken under a More...

The act of forcibly and intentionally, delivering a person from lawful arrest or imprisonment, and setting him at liberty. 4 Bl. Comm. 131; Code Ga. ? 4478; Robinson v. State, 82 Ga. 535, 9 S. E. 528. The unlawfully or forcibly taking buck goods which have been taken under a distress for rent damage feasant, etc. Hamlin v. Mack, 33 Mich. 106. In admiralty and maritime law. The deliverance of property taken as prize, out of the hands of the captors, either when the captured party retake it by their own efforts, or when, pending the pursuit or struggle, the party about to be overpowered receive reinforcements, and so escape capture. Less...
RESCUSSOR
In old English law. A rescuer; one who commits a rescous. Cro. Jac 419; Cowell.

In old English law. A rescuer; one who commits a rescous. Cro. Jac 419; Cowell. Less...
RESCYT
L. Fr. Rescelt; receipt; the receiving or harboring a felon, after the commission of a crime. Britt c 23.

L. Fr. Rescelt; receipt; the receiving or harboring a felon, after the commission of a crime. Britt c 23. Less...

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