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RETURNUM IRREPLEGIABLE
A judicial writ addressed to the sheriff for the final restitution or return of cattle to the owner when unjustly taken or distrained, and so found by verdict It is granted after a nonsuit in a second deliverance. Reg. Jud 27.

A judicial writ addressed to the sheriff for the final restitution or return of cattle to the owner when unjustly taken or distrained, and so found by verdict It is granted after a nonsuit in a second deliverance. Reg. Jud 27. Less...
REUS
Lat In the civil and canon law. The defendant in an action or suit. A person judicially accused of a criine; a person criminally proceeded against. Halll-fax, Civil Law, b. 3, c 13, no. 7. A party to a suit, whether plaintiff or de: fendant; a litigant This was the More...

Lat In the civil and canon law. The defendant in an action or suit. A person judicially accused of a criine; a person criminally proceeded against. Halll-fax, Civil Law, b. 3, c 13, no. 7. A party to a suit, whether plaintiff or de: fendant; a litigant This was the ancient sense of the word. Calvin. A party to a contract. Reus stipulandi, a party stipulating; the party who asked the question in the form prescribed for stipur lations. Reus promittendi, a party promising; the party who answered the question. o Reus ezeiplendo St aetor. The defendant by excepting or pleading, becomes a plaintiff; that is, where, instead of simply denying the plaintiff's action, he sets up some new matter in defense, he is bound to establish it by proof, just as a plaintiff is bound to prove his cause of action. Bounler, Tr. des Preuves, f? 152, 320; Best, Ev. p. 294, ? 252. Rons lflBea) majestatis pnnitnr nt parent nn.ni ne pereant omnes. A traitor is punished that one may die lest all perish. 4 Coke, 124. Less...
REVE
In old English law. The bailiff of a" franchise or manor; an officer in parishes within forests, who marks the commonable cattle. Cowell.

In old English law. The bailiff of a" franchise or manor; an officer in parishes within forests, who marks the commonable cattle. Cowell. Less...
REVE MOTE
In Saxon law. The court of the reve, reeve, or shire reeve. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 6.

In Saxon law. The court of the reve, reeve, or shire reeve. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 6. Less...
REVEL
A criminal complaint charged that the defendant did "revel, quarrel, commit mischief, and otherwise behave In a disorderly manner." Held, that the word "revel" has a definite meaning; i. e., "to behave in a noisy, boisterous manner, like a bacchanal." In re Began, 12 B. I. 309.

A criminal complaint charged that the defendant did "revel, quarrel, commit mischief, and otherwise behave In a disorderly manner." Held, that the word "revel" has a definite meaning; i. e., "to behave in a noisy, boisterous manner, like a bacchanal." In re Began, 12 B. I. 309. Less...
REVELAND
The land which in Domesday Is said to have been "thane-lancd," and afterwards converted into "reveland" It seems to have been land which, having reverted to the king after the death of the thane, who had it for life, was not granted out to any by the king, but rested More...

The land which in Domesday Is said to have been "thane-lancd," and afterwards converted into "reveland" It seems to have been land which, having reverted to the king after the death of the thane, who had it for life, was not granted out to any by the king, but rested in charge on the account of the reve or bailiff of the manor. Spel. Feuds, c. 24. Less...
REVELS
Sports of dancing, masking, etc., formerly used in princes' courts, the inns of court, and noblemen's houses, commonly performed by night o There was an ofticer to order and supervise them, who was entitled 'the master of the revels'. Cowell.

Sports of dancing, masking, etc., formerly used in princes' courts, the inns of court, and noblemen's houses, commonly performed by night o There was an ofticer to order and supervise them, who was entitled 'the master of the revels'. Cowell. Less...
REVENDICATION
In the civil law. dpjfbe right of a vendor to^reclaim goods sold out of the possession of the purchaser, where the price was not paid. Story, Confl. Laws, fr.,401. See Benedict v. Schaettle, 12 Ohio St 520; Ellis v* Davis, 109 U. S. 485, 3 Sup. Ct, 827, 27 L. More...

In the civil law. dpjfbe right of a vendor to^reclaim goods sold out of the possession of the purchaser, where the price was not paid. Story, Confl. Laws, fr.,401. See Benedict v. Schaettle, 12 Ohio St 520; Ellis v* Davis, 109 U. S. 485, 3 Sup. Ct, 827, 27 L. Ed. 1006. !".:? Less...
REVENUE
As applied to the income of a government, this is a broad and general term, including all public moneys which the state collects and receives, from whatever source and in whatever manner. TJ. S. v. Bromley, 12 How. 90, 13 L. Ed. 905; State V; School Fund Com'rs, 4 Kan. More...

As applied to the income of a government, this is a broad and general term, including all public moneys which the state collects and receives, from whatever source and in whatever manner. TJ. S. v. Bromley, 12 How. 90, 13 L. Ed. 905; State V; School Fund Com'rs, 4 Kan. 268; Fletcher W Oliver, 25 Ark. 295. It also designates the Income of an individual or'private corporation. -Pnblio revenue. The revenue of the government of the state or nation; sometimes, perhaps, that of a municipality.-Revenne law. 4ay Jaw which provides for the assessment and collection of a tax to defray the expenses of the government is a revenue law. Such legislation Is commonly referred to under the general term "revenue measures," and those measures include all the laws by which the government provides means for meeting its expenditures. Peyton v. Bliss, Woolw. 173, Fed. Cas. No. 11,055; The Nashville, 17 Fed. Cas. 1178; Twin City Nat Bank v. Nebeker, 3 App. D. C. 190.- Revenne side of tbe exchequer. That jurisdiction of the court of exchequer, or of the exchequer division of the high court of justice, by which it ascertains and enforces the proprietary rights of the crown against the subjects of the realm. . The praetiee in revenue cases is not affected by the orders and rules linder the judicature act of 1875. Mozley & Whitley. Less...
REVERSAL
The annulling or making void a judgment on account of some error or irregularityr Usually spoken of the action by an appellate court. In international law. A declaration by Which a sovereign promises that he will observe a certain order or certain conditions, which have been once established, notwithstanding any More...

The annulling or making void a judgment on account of some error or irregularityr Usually spoken of the action by an appellate court. In international law. A declaration by Which a sovereign promises that he will observe a certain order or certain conditions, which have been once established, notwithstanding any changes that may happen, to cause a deviation therefrom. Bouvier. Less...

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