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  • RIOTOUS ASSEMBLY
    In English criminal law. The unlawful assembling of twelve persons or more, to the disturbance of the peace, and not dispersing upon proclamation. 4 Bl. Comm. 142; 4 Steph. Comm. 273. And see Madisonvllle v. Bishop, 113 Ky. 106, 67 S. W. 269, 57 L. R. A. 130.
  • RIOTOUSLY
    A technical word, properly used in indictments for riot. It of itself implies force and violence. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 489.
  • RIPA
    Lat. The banks of a river, or the place beyond which the waters do not in their natural course overflow.
  • RIPARIA
    A medieval Latin word, which Lord Coke takes to mean water running between two banks; in,other places it is rendered "bank."
  • RIPARIAN
    Belonging or relating to the bank of a river; of or on the bank. Land lying beyond the natural watershed of a stream is not "riparian." Bathgate v. Irvine, 126 Cal. 135, 58 Pac. 442, 77 Am. St. Rep. 158. The term is sometimes used aa reiating to the shore More...
  • RIPE
    A suit is said to be "ripe for Judgment" when it is so far advanced, by verdict, default, confession, the determination of all pending motions, or other disposition of preliminary or disputed matters, that nothing remains for the court but to render the appropriate Judgment. See Hosmer v. Hoitt, 161 More...
  • RIPTOWELL, OR REAPTOWEL
    A gratuity or reward given to tenanta after they had reaped their lord's corn, or done other customary duties. Cowell.
  • RIPUARIAN LAW
    An ancient code of laws by which the Ripuarii, a tribe of Franks who occupied the country upon the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, were governed. They were first reduced to writing by Theodoric, king of Austrasia, and completed by Dagobert. Spelman.
  • RIPUARIAN PROPRIETORS
    Owners of lands bounded by a river or watercourse.
  • RISCUS
    L. Lat In the civil law. A chest for the keeping of clothing. Calvin.
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