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RESTRICTION
In the case of land registered under the English land transfer act 1875, a restriction is an entry on the register made on the application of the registered proprietor of the land, the effect of which hi to prevent the transfer of the land or the creation of any charge More...

In the case of land registered under the English land transfer act 1875, a restriction is an entry on the register made on the application of the registered proprietor of the land, the effect of which hi to prevent the transfer of the land or the creation of any charge upon it, unless notice of the application for a transfer or charge is sent by post to a certain, address, or unless the consent of a certain person or persons to the transfer or charge is obtained, or unless some other thing is done. Sweet. Less...
RESTRICTIVE INDORSEMENT
An indorsement may be so worded aa to restrict the further negotiability of the instrument, and it Is then called a ''restrictive indorsement" Thus, "Pay the contents to J. S. only," or "to J. S. for my use," are restrictive indorsements, and pu,t an end to the negotiability of the More...

An indorsement may be so worded aa to restrict the further negotiability of the instrument, and it Is then called a ''restrictive indorsement" Thus, "Pay the contents to J. S. only," or "to J. S. for my use," are restrictive indorsements, and pu,t an end to the negotiability of the paper. 1 Daniel, Neg. Inst I 608. Less...
RESULT
In law, a thing is said to resuit when, after having been ineffectually or only partially disposed of, it comes back to its former owner or his representatives. {Sweet . -Resulting trust. See TBUST.-Resulting use. See USE. .

In law, a thing is said to resuit when, after having been ineffectually or only partially disposed of, it comes back to its former owner or his representatives. {Sweet . -Resulting trust. See TBUST.-Resulting use. See USE. . Less...
RESUMMONS
In practice. A second summons.. The calling a person a second time to answer an action, where tbe first summons is defeated upon any occasion; as the death of a party, or the like, Cowell.

In practice. A second summons.. The calling a person a second time to answer an action, where tbe first summons is defeated upon any occasion; as the death of a party, or the like, Cowell. Less...
RESUMPTION
In old English law. The taking again into the king's hands such lands or tenements as before, upon false suggestion, or other error, he had delivered to the heir, or granted by letters patent to any man. Cowell.

In old English law. The taking again into the king's hands such lands or tenements as before, upon false suggestion, or other error, he had delivered to the heir, or granted by letters patent to any man. Cowell. Less...
RESURRENDER
Where copyhold land has been mortgaged by surrender, and the mortgagee has been admitted, then, on the mortgage debt being paid off, the mortgagor Is entitled to have the land reconvened to him, by the mortgagee surrendering it to the lord to his use. This is called a "resurren-der." 2 More...

Where copyhold land has been mortgaged by surrender, and the mortgagee has been admitted, then, on the mortgage debt being paid off, the mortgagor Is entitled to have the land reconvened to him, by the mortgagee surrendering it to the lord to his use. This is called a "resurren-der." 2 Dav. Conv. 1332a Less...
RETAIL
To sell by small parcels, and pot in the gross.- To sell in small quantities. State v. Lowenhaught,. 11 Lea (Tenn.) 13; Bridges v. State, 37 Ark. 224; McArthur v. State, 69 6a. 444; Com. v. Kimball, 7 Mete. (Mass.) 308. -Retailer of merchandise. A merchant who buys, articles in More...

To sell by small parcels, and pot in the gross.- To sell in small quantities. State v. Lowenhaught,. 11 Lea (Tenn.) 13; Bridges v. State, 37 Ark. 224; McArthur v. State, 69 6a. 444; Com. v. Kimball, 7 Mete. (Mass.) 308. -Retailer of merchandise. A merchant who buys, articles in gross or merchandise in large quantities, and sells the same by single articles or in small quantities. Less...
RETAIN
In practice. To engage the Services of an attorney or counsellor to manage a cause. See RETAINER. 2. -Retaining a cause. In English practice. The act of one of the divisions of the high court pf justice in retaining jurisdiction of a cause wrongly brought in that division instead of More...

In practice. To engage the Services of an attorney or counsellor to manage a cause. See RETAINER. 2. -Retaining a cause. In English practice. The act of one of the divisions of the high court pf justice in retaining jurisdiction of a cause wrongly brought in that division instead of another. Under the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875, this may be done, in some oases, in the discretion of tbe court or a judge.-Retaining toe. A fee given to counsel on engaging his services for the trial of the cause.-Retaining Jieaw Less...
RETAINER
1. The right of retainer is the right which the executor or administrator of a deceased person has to retain oujt pt the assets sufficient to pay any debt due to him from the deceased in priority to the other creditors whose debts are of equal degree* 3 Steph. Comm. More...

1. The right of retainer is the right which the executor or administrator of a deceased person has to retain oujt pt the assets sufficient to pay any debt due to him from the deceased in priority to the other creditors whose debts are of equal degree* 3 Steph. Comm. 263. Miller v. Irby, 63 Ala. 483; Taylor v. Deblois, 23 Fed. Cas. 765. 2.In English practice, a "retainer," as applied to counsel, is commonly used to signify" a notice given to a counsel by an attorney on the behalf of the plaintiff or defendant in an action, in order to secure his services as advocate when the cause comes on for trial. Holthouse. Agnew v. Walden, 84 Ala. 502,South. 672; Blackman v. Webb, 38 Kan. 668. A servant, not menial or familiar,-that' Is, not continually dwelling in the house of his master, but only wearing his livery, attending sometimes upon special occasions, -is, in old English usage, called a "retain er.M Cowell." -General retainer. A general retainer of an attorney or solicitor "merely gives a right to expect professional service when requested, but none which is not requested.. It binds the person retained not to take a fee from another against his retainer, but to do nothing except what he is asked to do, and for this he is to be distinctly paid." Rhode Island Exch. Bank y. Hawkins, 6 R. I.' 206.-Special retainer. An engagement or retainer of an attorney or solicitor for a special and designated purpose': as, to prepare and try a-particular case. Ag* new v. Walden, 84 Ala. 502, 4 South. 672. . Less...
RETAKING
The taking one's 'goods, from another, who without right has takes possession thereof.

The taking one's 'goods, from another, who without right has takes possession thereof. Less...

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