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  • 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.
  • REST (NOUN)
    n. Rests are periodical balancings of an account, (particularly in mortgage and trust accounts,) made for tbe purpose of converting Interest into principal, and charging the party liable thereon with compound interest Mozley & Whitley.
  • RESTAMPING WRIT
    Passing it a second time through the proper office, whereupon it receives a new stamp. 1 Chit Arch. Pr. 212.
  • RESTAUR, OR RESTOR
    The remedy or recourse which marine underwriters have against each other, according to the date of their assurances, or against the master, If the loss arise through his default, as through ill loading, want of caulking, or want of having the vessel tight; also the remedy or recourse a person More...
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