Relict

This term is applied to the survivor of a pair of married people, whether the survivor is the husband or the wife; it means the relict of the united pair, (or of the marriage union,) not the relict of the deceas-ed Individual. Spltler v. Heeter, 42 ohio St. 10L

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Relegation

In old English lnw. Banishment for a time only. Co. Litt. 133

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Relevancy

As a quallty of evidence, “relevancy" means appllcabillty to the issue jolned. Relevancy is that which conduces to the proof of a pertinent hypothesis; a per-tlnent hypothesis being one which, if sus-tained, would logically lnfluence the Issue, whart Ev. $ 20

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Releasor

or RELEASOR. The maker of a release

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Relegatio

Lat. A kind of banish-ment known to the civil law, which differed from “deportatio" in leaving to the person his rights of citizenship

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Release

1. Liberation, discharge, or setting free from restraint or confinement. Thus, a man unlawfully imprisoned may obtain his release on habeas corpus. Parker v

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Releasee

The person to whom a re-lease is made

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Relaxatio

In old conveyancing. A release; an Instrument by which a person relinquishes to another his right in anything

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Relaxation

In old Scotch practice. Letters passlng the signet by whlch a debtor was relaxed [released] from the horn; that is, from personal diligence. Bell

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Relatrix

X. In practice. A female relator or petitioner

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Relaxare

In oid conveyancing. To release. Relaxavi, relaxasse, have released. IAtt | 445

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Relative

A kinsman; a person con-nected with another by blood or affinity

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Relator

The person upon whose complaint, or at whose instance, an information or writ of quo warranto is filed, and who is quasi the plaintiff in the proceeding

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Relation

1. A relative or kinsman; a person connected by consanguinity or affln-ity

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Relations

A term which, in its widest sense, lncludes all the kindred of the person spoken of. 2 Jarm. wills, 66L

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Rejoinder

In common-law plead-ing. The second pleadlng on the part of the defendant, being hls answer of matter of fact to the plalntlff*s replication

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Rejoining Gratis

Rejoining vol-untarlly, or wlthout being required to do so by a rule to rejoin, when a defendant was under terms to rejoin gratis, he had to de-liver a rejolnder, without putting the plain-tiff to the necesslty and expense of obtaining a rule to rejoin. 10 Mees. & W. 12; Lush, Pr. 396; Brown

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Reissuable Notes

Bank-note®

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Rejoin

In pleading. To answer a plaintiff's replication in an action at law, by some matter of fact

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Reinstate

To place again in a former state, condition, or office; to restore to a state or position from which the object or person had been removed. See Collins v

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Reinsurance

A contract of rein-sura nee is one by which an Insurer procures a third person to insure him against ioss or liability hy reason of such original Insurance. Civ. Code Cal. 8 2646. And see People v. Miller, 177 N. Y. 515, 70 N. E. 10; Iowa L

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Reif

A robbery. CoweU

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Reimburse

The primary, meaning of this word is “to pay back." Philadelphia Trust, etc., Co. v. Audenreid, 83 Pa. 264. It means to make return or restoration of an equivalent for something paid, expended, or lost; to indemnify, or make whole

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Rehearing

In equity practice. A second hearing of a cause, for which a party who is dissatisfied with the decree entered on the former hearing may apply by petition. 3 Bl. Comm. 453. See Belmont v. Erie R. Co., 62 Barb. (N. Y.) 651; Emerson v. Davies, 8 Fed. Cas. 626; Read v. Patterson, 44 N. J. Eq. 211, 14 Atl. 490, 6 Am. SL Rep. 877

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Rei Interventus

Lat Thlngs in-tervening; that is, things done by one of the partles to a contract, in the falth of Its va-lldity, and with the assent of the other par-ty, and whlch have so affected his situation that the other will not be allowed to repudi-ate his obligation, although originally it was imperfect, and he might have renounced it. 1 Bell, Comm. 328, 329

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