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  • RESPONDENTIA
    The hypothecation of the cargo or goods on board a ship as security for the repayment of a loan, the tenn "bottomry" being confined to hypothecations of the ship herself; but now the term "respondentia" ia seldom used, and the express slon "bottomry" Is generally employed, whether the vessel or More...
  • RESPONDERE NON DEBET
    Lat In pleading. The prayer of a plea where the defendant insists that he ought not to answer, as when he claims a privilege; for example, as being a member of congress or a foreign ambassador. 1 Chit. PI. *433.
  • RESPONSA PRUDENTUM
    Lat Answers of jurists; responses given upon cases or questions of law referred to them, by certain learned Roman jurists, who, though not magistrates, were authorized to render such opinions. These responsa constituted one of the most important sources of the earlier Roman law, and were of great value in More...
  • RESPONSALIS
    In old English law. One who appeared for another. In ecclesiastieal law. A proctor.
  • RESPONSALIS AD LUCRANDUM VEL PETENDUM
    He who appears and answers for another In court at a day assigned; a proctor, attorney, or deputy. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 169.
  • RESPONSIBILITY
    The obligation to answer for an act done, and to repair any injury it may have caused.
  • RESPONSIBLE
    To say that a person is "responsible" means that he is able to pay a sum for which he is or may become liable, or to discharge an obligation which he may be under. Farley v. Day, 26 N. H. 531; People v. Kent, 160 111. 655, 43 N. E. More...
  • RESPONSIVE
    Answering; constituting or comprising a complete answer. A "responsive allegation" is one which directly answers the allegation it Is intended to meet.
  • RESSEISER
    The taking of lands into the hands of the crown, where a general livery or ouster le main was formerly misused.
  • REST (VERB)
    v. In the trial of an action, a party is said to "rest," or "rest his case," when he Intimates that he has produced all the evidence he intends to offer at that stage, and submits the case, either finally, or subject to his right to afterwards offer rebutting evidence.
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