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RIGHT OF POSSESSION
The right to possession which may reside in one man, while another has the actual possession, being the right to enter and turn out such actual occupant; e. g., the right of a disseisee. An apparent right of possession Is one which may be defeated by a better; an actual More...

The right to possession which may reside in one man, while another has the actual possession, being the right to enter and turn out such actual occupant; e. g., the right of a disseisee. An apparent right of possession Is one which may be defeated by a better; an actual right of possession, one which will stand the test against all opponents. 2 Bl. Comm. 196. Less...
RIGHT OF PROPERTY
The mere right of property in land; the abstract right which remains to the owner after he has lost the right of possession, and to recover which the writ of right was given. United with possession, and the right of possession, this right constitutes a complete title to lands, tenements, More...

The mere right of property in land; the abstract right which remains to the owner after he has lost the right of possession, and to recover which the writ of right was given. United with possession, and the right of possession, this right constitutes a complete title to lands, tenements, and hereditaments. 2 BL Comm. 197. Less...
RIGHT OF REDEMPTION
The right to disincumber property or to free it from a claim or lien; specifically, the right (granted by statute only) to free property from the incumbrance of a foreclosure or other judicial sale, or to recover the title passing thereby, by paying what is due, with interest, costs, etc. More...

The right to disincumber property or to free it from a claim or lien; specifically, the right (granted by statute only) to free property from the incumbrance of a foreclosure or other judicial sale, or to recover the title passing thereby, by paying what is due, with interest, costs, etc. Not to be confounded with the "equity of redemption," which exists independently of statute but must be exercised before sale. See Mayer v. Farmers' Bank, 44 Iowa, 216; Millett v. Mullen, 95 Me. 400, 49 Ati. 871; Case v. Spelter Co., 62 Kan. 69, 61 Pac. 406. Less...
RIGHT OF RELIEF
In Scotch law. The right of a cautioner (surety) to demand reimbursement from the principal debtor when he has been compelled to pay the debt 1 Bell, Comm. 847.

In Scotch law. The right of a cautioner (surety) to demand reimbursement from the principal debtor when he has been compelled to pay the debt 1 Bell, Comm. 847. Less...
RIGHT OF REPRESENTATION AND PERFORMANCE
By the acts 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 15, and 5 & 6 Vict c. 45, the author of a play, opera, or mtfsical composition, or his assignee, has the sole right of representing or causing it to*be represented in public at any place in the British dominions during More...

By the acts 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 15, and 5 & 6 Vict c. 45, the author of a play, opera, or mtfsical composition, or his assignee, has the sole right of representing or causing it to*be represented in public at any place in the British dominions during the same period as the copyright in the work exists. The right is distinct from the copyright, and requires to be separately Registered. Sweet Less...
RIGHT OF SEARCH
In international law. The right of one vessel, on the high seos, to stop a vessel of another nationality and examine her papers and (in some cases) her cargo. Thus, in time of war, a vessel of either belligerent has the right to search a neutral ship, encountered at sea, More...

In international law. The right of one vessel, on the high seos, to stop a vessel of another nationality and examine her papers and (in some cases) her cargo. Thus, in time of war, a vessel of either belligerent has the right to search a neutral ship, encountered at sea, to ascertain whether the latter is carrying contraband goods. Less...
RIGHT OF WAY
The right of passage or of way is a servitude Imposed by law or by convention, and by virtue of which one has a right to pass on foot, or horseback, or In a vehicle, to drive beasts of burden or carts, through the estate of another. When this servitude More...

The right of passage or of way is a servitude Imposed by law or by convention, and by virtue of which one has a right to pass on foot, or horseback, or In a vehicle, to drive beasts of burden or carts, through the estate of another. When this servitude results from the law, the exercise of it Is confined to the wants of the person who has it When it is the result of a contract, its extent and the mode of using it is regulated by the contract Civ. Code La. art 722. "Right of way," in its strict meaning, is the right of passage over another man's ground; and in its legal and generally accepted meaning, in reference to a railway, it is a mere easement in the lands of others, obtained by lawful condemnation to public use or by purchase. It would be using the term in an unusual sense, by applying it to an absolute purchase of the fee-simple of lands to be used for a railway or any other kind of a way. Williams v. Western Union Ry. Co.. 50 Wis. 76, 5 N. W. 482. And see Kripp v. Curtis, 71 Cal. 62, U Pac 879; Johnson v. Lewis, 47 Ark. 66, 2 S. W. 329; Bodfish v. Bodfish, 105 Mass. 317: New Mexico v. United States Trust Co., 172 U. S. 171, 19 Sup. Ct. 128, 43 L. Ed. 407; Stuyvesaat v. Woodruff, 21 N. J. Law, 136, 57 Am. Dec. 156. Less...
RIGHT PATENT
An obsolete writ, which was brought for lands and tenements, and not for an advowson, or common, and lay only fQr an estate in fee-simple, and not for him who had a lesser estate; as tenant in tall, tenant in frank marriage, or tenant for life. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 1.

An obsolete writ, which was brought for lands and tenements, and not for an advowson, or common, and lay only fQr an estate in fee-simple, and not for him who had a lesser estate; as tenant in tall, tenant in frank marriage, or tenant for life. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 1. Less...
RIGHT TO BEGIN
On the hearing or trial of a cause, or tbe argument of a demurrer, petition, etc., the right to begin ia the right of first addressing the court or jury. The right to begin is frequently of Importance, as the counsel who begins haa also tbe right of replying or More...

On the hearing or trial of a cause, or tbe argument of a demurrer, petition, etc., the right to begin ia the right of first addressing the court or jury. The right to begin is frequently of Importance, as the counsel who begins haa also tbe right of replying or having tbe last word after the counsel on the opposite aide has addressed the court or jury. Sweet Less...
RIGHT TO REDEEM
The term "right of redemption," or "r(ght to redeem," In familiarly used to describe the estate of tbe debtor when under mortgage, to be sold at -auction, in contradistinction to an absolute estate, to be set off by appraisement It would- be more consonant to the legal character of this More...

The term "right of redemption," or "r(ght to redeem," In familiarly used to describe the estate of tbe debtor when under mortgage, to be sold at -auction, in contradistinction to an absolute estate, to be set off by appraisement It would- be more consonant to the legal character of this Interest to call It the "debtor's estate subject to mortgage." White v. Whitney, 3 Mete. (Mass.) 86. Less...

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