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In French law. The release of a debt Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In tbe civil Uw. A release of a debt it is conventional, when it is expressly granted to the debtor by a […]

In English law. officers of the exchequer, whose duty It le to put in remembrance the lord treasurer and the justlces of […]

To remit or give up. A form-al word in deeds of release and quitclaim; the usual phrase being “remise, release, and forever […]

Remedy is the means by which the violation of a right is prevented, redressed, or compensated. Remedies are of four kinds: (1) […]

The remembrancer of the city of London is parliamentary solicitor to the corporation, and is bound to attend ail courts of aldermen […]

A remnant; that which remains. Thus the causes of which the trial is deferred from one term to another, or from one […]

1. Affording a remedy; giving the means of obtaining redress Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In practice. The return made by the sheriff to a writ of execution when he has not been able to sell the […]

In old English law. A remainder. Spelman. A perpetuity, or perpetual estate. Glan. llb. 7, & 1 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

One who is entitled to the remainder of the estate after a partlcular estate carved out of it has expired Source: Black's […]

To remand a prisoner, after a preliminary or partial hearing before a court or magistrate, is to send him back to custody, […]

In Sootob law. A re Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The remnant of an estate in land, depending upon a particular prior estate created at the same time and by the same […]

Remains; such as the bones, etc., of saints, preserved with great veneration as sacred memorials. Th^y hnve been forbidden to be used […]

Lat in the civil law. A renewal of a lease on Its determination. It may be either express or tacit; the latter […]

In practice. A forsaking, abandoning, renouncing, or giving over a right Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

UA. The remainder or debt which a person finds himself debtor iu upon the balancing or liquidation of an account. Hence reliquary, […]

As used in constitutional provisions forblddlng the “establlshment of religion," the term means a partlcular system of faith and worship recognized and […]

when religious books, or reading are spoken of, those which tend to promote the religion taught by the Christian dispensation must be […]

1. In feudal law. A sum pay-able hy the new tenant, the duty heing inci-dent to every feudal tenure, by way of […]

In feudal law, relieve is to depend; thus, the seigulory of a tenant in capite relieves of the crown, meaning that the […]

L. Lat Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An Increase of the land by the sudden withdrawal or retrocessiou of the sea or a river. Hammond v. Shepard, 186 111. […]

Applying to the matter in question; affording something to the purpose Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)