Legal Term Dictionary

See EVIDENCE.

See EVIDENCE. Less...

In International law. To summon a diplomatic minister back , to his home court, at the same time depriving him of his office and functions.

In International law. To summon a diplomatic minister back , to his home court, at the same time depriving him of his office and functions. Less...

To revoke, cancel, vacate, or reverse a judgment for matters of fact; when it ia annulled by reason of errors of law, it is said to be "revereed."

To revoke, cancel, vacate, or reverse a judgment for matters of fact; when it ia annulled by reason of errors of law, it is said to be "revereed." Less...

A retaking, or taking hack. A species of remedy by the mere act of the party injured, (otherwise termed "reprisal,") which happens when any one has deprived another of his property in goods or chattels personal, or wrongfully detains one's wife, child, or servant In this case, the owner of More...

A retaking, or taking hack. A species of remedy by the mere act of the party injured, (otherwise termed "reprisal,") which happens when any one has deprived another of his property in goods or chattels personal, or wrongfully detains one's wife, child, or servant In this case, the owner of the goods, and the husband, parent or master may lawfully claim and retake them, wherever he happens to find them, so it be not in a riotous manner, or attended with a breach of the peace. 3 Inst 134; 3 Bl. Comm. 4; 3 Steph. Comm. 358; Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 16 Pet 612, 10 L. Ed. 1060. It also signifies the taking a second distress of one formerly distrained during the plea grounded on the former distress. Also a writ to recover damages for him, whose goods, being distrained for rent in service, etc., are distrained again for the same cause, pending the plea in the county court, or before the justice. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 71. Less...

The taking from an enemy, by a friendly force, a vessel previously taken for prize by such enemy. Reoeditur a plaeitis juris, potins quam injuria) et delicto ntaneant impunita. Positive rules of law as distinguished from maxims or conclusions of reason] will be receded from, [given up or dispensed with,] More...

The taking from an enemy, by a friendly force, a vessel previously taken for prize by such enemy. Reoeditur a plaeitis juris, potins quam injuria) et delicto ntaneant impunita. Positive rules of law as distinguished from maxims or conclusions of reason] will be receded from, [given up or dispensed with,] rather than that crimes and wrongs should remain unpunished. Bac. Max. 55, reg. 12. Less...

A receipt is the written acknowledgment of the receipt of money, or a thing of value, without containing any affirmative obligation upon either party to it; a mere admission of a fact in writing. Krutz v. Craig, 53 Ind. 574. A receipt may be defined to be such a written More...

A receipt is the written acknowledgment of the receipt of money, or a thing of value, without containing any affirmative obligation upon either party to it; a mere admission of a fact in writing. Krutz v. Craig, 53 Ind. 574. A receipt may be defined to be such a written acknowledgment by one person of his having received money from another as will be prima facie evidence of that fact in a court of law. Kegg v. State, 10 Ohio, 75. Also the act or transaction of accepting or taking anything delivered. In old practice. Admission of a party to. defend a suit, as of a wife on default of the husband in certain cases. little 668; Co. Litt 352b. Less...

A name given in some of the states to a person who receives from the sheriff goods which the latter has seized under process of garnishment, on giving to the sheriff a bond conditioned to have the property forthcoming when demanded or when execution issues. Story, Bailm.

A name given in some of the states to a person who receives from the sheriff goods which the latter has seized under process of garnishment, on giving to the sheriff a bond conditioned to have the property forthcoming when demanded or when execution issues. Story, Bailm. Less...

A receiver is an indifferent person between the parties appointed by the court to collect and receive the rents, issues, and profits of land, or the produce ot personal estate, or other things which it does not seem reasonable to the court that either party should do; or where a More...

A receiver is an indifferent person between the parties appointed by the court to collect and receive the rents, issues, and profits of land, or the produce ot personal estate, or other things which it does not seem reasonable to the court that either party should do; or where a party is incompetent to do so, as in the case of an infant. The.remedy of the appointment of a receiver, is one of the very oldest in the court of chancery, and is founded on the inadequacy of the remedy to be obtained in tbe court of ordinary jurisdiction. Bisp. Eq. { 576. See Hay v. McDaniel, 26 Ind App. 683, 60 N. E. 729; Hale v. Hardon, 95 Fed. 773, 37 C. 0. A. 240; Wiswall v. Kunz, 173 111. 110, 50 N. E. 184; State v. iQambs, 68 Mo. 297; Nevitt v. Woodburn, 190 111. 283, 60 N. E 500; Kennedy v. Railroad Co. (C. C.) 3 Fed.. 108. One who receives money to the use of another to render an account Story, Eq. Jur. i 446. In criminal law. One who receives stolen goods from thieves, and conceals them. Cowell. This was always the prevalent sense of the word In the common as well as the civil law. -Receiver general of the duchy of Lancaster. An officer of the duchy court, who collects all the revenues, fines, forfeitures, and assessments within the duchy.-Receiver goner* al of the pnblio revenue. In English law. An officer appointed in every county to receive the taxes granted by parliament, and remit the money to the treasury.-Receiver of fines. An English officer who receives the money from persons who compound with the crown on orig-. inal writs sued out of chancery. Wharton.- Receivers and triers of petitions. The mode of receiving and trying petitions to parliament was formerly judicial rather than legislative, and the triers were committees of prelates, peers, and judges, and, latterly, of the members generally. Brown.-Receiver's certificate. A non-negotiable evidence of debt, or debenture, issued by authority of a court of chancery, as a first lien upon the property of a debtor corporation in the hands of a receiver. Beach, Kec. | 379.-Receivers of wreck. Persons appointed by the English board of trade. The duties of a receiver of wreck are to take steps for the preservation of any vessel stranded or in distress within his district; to receive and take possession of all articles washed on shore from the vessel; to use force for the suppression of plunder and disorder; to institute an examination on oath with respect to the vessel; and, if necessary, to sell the vessel, cargo, or wreck. Sweet Less...

The short, name usually given to the offense of receiving any property with the knowledge that it has been feloniously or unlawfully stolen, taken, extorted, obtained, embezzled, or disposed of. Sweet.

The short, name usually given to the offense of receiving any property with the knowledge that it has been feloniously or unlawfully stolen, taken, extorted, obtained, embezzled, or disposed of. Sweet. Less...

In old English law. Fresh suit; fresh pursuit Pursuit of a thief immediately after the discovery of the robbery. 1 BL Comm. 297.

In old English law. Fresh suit; fresh pursuit Pursuit of a thief immediately after the discovery of the robbery. 1 BL Comm. 297. Less...