LT. In law, a thing is said to re-sult when, after having been ineffectually or only partially disposed of, it comes back to its former owner or hls representatives. 8weet
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In practice. A second summons.. The calling a person a second time to answer an action, where the first summons is defeated upon any occasion; as the death of a party, or the like. Cowell
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In tbe case of land registered under the English land transfer act, 1875, a restriction is an entry on the register made on the application of the registered proprietor of the land, the effect of which is to prevent the transfer of tbe land or the creation of any charge upon it, unless notice of the application for a transfer or charge ih
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A statute which restrains the common law, where it is too lax and luxuriant. 1 Bl. Comm. 87. Gtitutes restraining' the powers of eorpera
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Confinement, abridgment, or limitation. Prohibition of action; holding or pressing back from action. Hindrance, confinement, or restriction of liberty
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An order In the nature of an injunction. See Order
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Restrictions or limitations Imposed upon the excr-cise of a power by the donor thereof
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To limit, confine, abridge, narrow down, or restrict
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A writ to restore a man to the church, which he had recovered for his sanctuary, being suspected of felony. Reg. orig. 69
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This term, as current-ly understood, means only, or chiefly, an eat-ing-house; but it has no such fixed and defi-nlte legal meaning as necessarily to exclude its beiug an “inn” in the legal sense. Lewis v. Hitchcock (D. C.) 10 Fed. 4
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Lat. In the civil law. Restoration or restitution to the previous condition. This was effected by the pnetor on equitable grounds, at the pray-er of an injured party, by rescinding or an-nulling a contract or transaction valid by the strict law, or annulling a change in the legal conditlon produced by an omlsslon, and re-storing the parties to their previous situation or legal relations. Dig. 4, 1; Mackeld. Rom. Law, $ 220
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Passing it a sec-ond time through the proper office, whereupon it receives a new stamp. 1 Chit. Arch. Pr. 212
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R, or RESTOR. The remedy or recourse which marine underwriters have against each other, according to the date of their assurances, or against the master, if the loss arise through his default, as through ill loading, want of caulking, or want of hav-Ing the vessel tight; also the remedy or re-course a person has against his guarantor or other person who is to indemnify him from any damage sustained. Enc. Lond
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Answering; constituting or comprising a complete answer. A “re
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The taking of lands into the hands of the crown, where a general Uv-ery or ouster le main was formerly misused
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The obligation to answer for an act done, and to repair any in-jury it may have caused
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To say that a person is “responsible” means that he is able to pay a sum for which he is or may become liable, or to discharge an obligation which he may be under. Farley v. Day, 26 N. H. 531; People v. Kent, 160 111. 655, 43 N. E. 760; Com. v. Mitchell, 82 Pa. 349. A promise to be “re-sponsible” for the contract of another is a guaranty rather than a suretyship. Bickel v. Auner, 9 Phlla. (Pa.) 499
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He who appears and answers for another in court at a day as-signed; a proctor, attorney, or deputy. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 169
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Lat. In pleading. The prayer of a plea where the de-fendant insists that he ought not to answer, as when he claims a privilege; for example, as being a member of congress or a foreign ambassador. 1 Chit. Pl. *433
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Lat Answers of jurists; responses given upon cases or questions of law referred to them, by cer-tain learned Roman jurists, who, though not magistrates, were authorized to render such opinions. These responsa constituted one of the most important sources of the earlier Roman law, and were of great value in de-veloping its scientific accuracy. They held much the same place of authority as our modern precedents and reports
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The party who makes an answer to a bill or other proceeding in chancery
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