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  • RUNCARIA
    in old records. Land full of brambles and briars. I Inst "5a,
  • RUNCINUS
    In old English law. A Joad-horse; a sumpter-horse or cart-horse.
  • RUNDLET, OR RUNLET
    A measure of wine, oil, etc., containing eighteen gallons and a half. Cowell.
  • RUNNING ACCOUNT
    An open unset-tied account, as distinguished from a stated and liquidated account "Running accounts mean mutual accounts and reciprocal demands between the parties, which accounts and demands remain open and unsettled.1' Brackenrldge v. Baltzell, 1 Ind. 335; Leonard v. U. S., 18 Ct CI. 385; Picker v. Fitzelle, 28 App. More...
  • RUNNING AT LARGE
    This term is applied to wandering or straying animals.
  • RUNNING DAYS
    Days counted in their regular succession on the calendar, In eluding Sundays and holidays. Brown v. Johnson, 10 Mees. ft W. 334; Crowell v. Bar-reda, 16 Gray (Mass.) 472; Davis v. Pender-gast 7 Fed. Cas. 162.
  • RUNNING LEASE
    Where a lease provided that the tenancy should not be confined to any portion of the land granted, but allowed the tenant the use of all the land he could clear, it was called in the old books a "running lease," as distinguished from one confined to a particular division, More...
  • RUNNING OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
    A metaphorical expression, by which is meant that the time mentioned in the statute of limitations Is considered as passing. 1 Bouv. Inst no. 861.
  • RUNNING POLICY
    A running policy Is one which contemplates successive insurances, and which provides that the object of the policy may be from time to time defined, especially as to the subjects of insurance, by additional statements or indorsements. Civ. Code Cal. ? 2597. And see Corporation of London Assurance v. Paterson, More...
  • RUNNING WITH THE LAND
    A covenant is said to run with the land when either the liability to perform it or the right to take advantage of it passes to the assignee of that land. Brown.
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