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  • 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.
  • RISING OF COURT
    Properly the final adjournment of the court for the term, though the term is also sometimes used to express the cessation of judicial business for the day or for a recess; it is the opposite of "sitting" or "session." See State v. Weaver, 11 *feb. 163, 8 Ni Wi 865.
  • RISK
    In insurance law; the danger or hazard of a loss of the property insured; the casualty contemplated in a contract of insurance; the degree of hazard; and, colloquially, the specific house, factory, ship, etc., covered by the policy. -Risks of navigation. It is held that this term is not the More...
  • RISTOURNE
    Fr. In insurance law ; the dissolution of a policy or contract of insurance for any cause. Emerig. Traite des Assur. c 16.
  • RITE
    Lat Duly and formally; legally; properly; technically.
  • RIVAGE
    In French law. The shore, as of the sea. In Englisb law. A toll anciently paid to the crown for the passage of boats or vessels on certain rivers. Cowell.
  • RIVEARE
    To have the liberty of a river for fishing and fowling. Cowell.
  • RIVER
    A natural stream of water, of greater volume than a creek or rivulet, flowing in a more or less permanent bed or channel, between defined banks or walls, with a current which may either be continuous in one direction or affected by the ebb and flow of the tide. See More...
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