REGENCY

Regency. The authority of one gov

erning in the name and place of the monarch during the latter's inability or incapacity to act.

Regent. One governing under a regency.

Regia dignitas est indivisibilis, et quaelibet alia derivativa dignitas est similiter indivisibilis. Royal power is indivisible, and whatever other power is derived from it is likewise indivisible.

Regia via. A royal road.

Regicide. One who killed a king or queen; the act of so doing. Regidores. See Regimiento. Regimiento. (Spanish) A municipal council composed of not to exceed twelve regidores or members. See 12 Pet. (U. S.) 442, note, 9 L. Ed. 1137, 1150. Register. To enter in a register; to record formally and distinctly; to enroll; to enter in a list. See 54 Hun, 637, 7 N. Y. Supp. 492. An official record. Id. The lists of electors qualified to vote. See 119 N. Y. 175, 23 N. E. 533. Registered bond. A certificate of indebtedness payable at a date named, with interest at days named to a particular payee, whose name is entered on the debtor's books as the registered owner. See 55 N. J. Eq. 260, 36 Atl. 668. Registered tonnage. The capacity of a ship as entered on some official record. See 54 Hun, 637, N. Y. Supp. 492. Register's court. (Pa.) A court with probate jurisdiction. Registrarius. A notary. Registration. The method of proof prescribed for ascertaining the electors who are qualified voters. See 119 N. Y. 175, 23 N. E. 523.

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Regnant. Same as Regent.

Regnum ecclesiasticum. The ecclesiastical kingdom.

Regnum non est divisibile. The kingdom is not divisible.

Regrant. To grant again property

which has come back to the grantor by operation of law since his prior grant.

Regrating. The buying of grain or other dead victual in any market and selling it again in the same market. 121 Tenn. 25, 130 Am. St. Rep. 748, 16 Ann. Cas. 1028, 113 S. W. 381.

Regress. The right of a lessee to

return.

Regula. A rule.

Regula. catoniana.

(Roman Law) The rule of Cato governing testamentary disposition.

Regula est, juris quidem ignorantiam cuique nocere, facti vero ignorantiam non nocere. The rule is, that one's ignorance of law may render him guilty, but that ignorance of fact will not.

Regula generalis. Singular of Regulae generales.

Regula pro lege, si deficit lex. In default of the law, the maxim

and orders of the English courts. Regulae juris. Rules of law. Regular. Agreeable to an established rule, law or principle, to a prescribed mode, or according to established customary forms. See 4 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 83.

Regular clergy. The clergy who belonged to some monastery or religious house, as distinguished from the secular clergy who did not. Regular deposit. One contemplating the return of the very thing deposited. Cf. Irregular deposit. Regular election. A general elec

tion or one provided for by law, as distinguished from a special one. See 4 Tex. 400.

Regular indorsement. One whereby

a payee, acquiring a note from the maker indorses it to convey title to another, who, in turn, transfers the note by placing his name upon it. See 50 La. Ann. 1278, 69 Am. St. Rep. 475, 24 South. 295. Regular meeting. Such as the law requires to be held. See 20 Ohio St. 288.

Regular panel. The jury panel drawn from the wheel, whether for the particular case or for the term or for some stated time. See 121 Mo. 22, 25 S. W. 562. Regular process. That which has been lawfully issued by a court or magistrate having competent jurisdiction.-Bouv. L. Dict. Regular session.

A session required by law to be held, or an adjournment thereof. See 59 Me. 80. Regular term. A term of court begun at the time fixed by law and continued to such time as the

REIMBURSE

court may appoint, consistent with the law. See 20 Ala. 446. Regulariter. Regularly; according to rule.

Regulariter non valet pactum de re mea non alienanda. Regularly, an agreement that I shall not alienate my property is not valid.

Regulars. Persons attached to and following the rites of some religious order.

Regulate. Held not synonymous with prohibit. See 61 Mich. 285, 1 Am. St. Rep. 578, 28 N. W. 101. Regulation. A qualification, restriction of limitation modifying or destroying the original act with which it is connected. See 163 Cal. 668, Ann. Cas. 1914A, 152, 126 Pac. 875.

Rehabere facias seisinam. A writ to compel a sheriff to repossess a plaintiff after having seised the defendant of more than he should under a habere facias seisinam. Rehabilitate. To restore one to his full rights and privileges after his undergoing sentence.

Rehabilitation. The act by which one is rehabilitated.

Rehearing. A new hearing and a

new consideration of the case by the court in which the suit was originally heard, and upon the pleadings and depositions already in the case. See 43 N. J. Eq. 211, 6 Am. St. Rep. 877, 10 Atl. 385. Rei. Plural of Reus. Rei interventus. Intervening circumstances; circumstances creating an estoppel.

Rei turpis nullum mandatum est. A mandate of a base thing is a nullity. Reimburse. To repay; to restore; to pay back. See 40 Neb. 854, 25 L. R. A. 774, 59 N. W. 755.

REINE

Reine. Queen.

Reinstate. To restore to a state or office from which one has been removed. See 86 Ky. 186, 5 S. W. 567. Reinsurance. A contract whereby an insured, for prudential or other reasons, relieves himself of liability and transfers it to a new insurer. See 45 Am. St. Rep. 442, note.

Reinsurance reserve. A fund at all times equal in amount to the aggregate policy liabilities at their then present value. See 73 Conn. 480, 47 Atl. 760.

Reinsurance. To effect a reinsur

ance.

Reipublicae interest voluntates defunctorum effectum sortiri. It is of interest to the state that the wishes of the dead should receive their effect.

Reissuable notes. Bank notes capable of reissue for circulation after they have once been paid. Reissued patent. One which secures

to the inventor more definitely, in some particular, those rights wherein the original patent was defective. See 104 Fed. (U. S.) 682.

Reject. To challenge; to disallow; to refuse. See 94 Ky. 295, 22 S. W. 318.

Rejoinder. A defendant's pleading in answer to a replication. See 3 Bl. Comm. 310. See, also, Replication.

Rejoining gratis. Filing a rejoinder without notice or demand from the plaintiff.

Related. Connected by ties of blood.

Relatio est fictio juris et intenta ad unum. Relation is a fiction of law and is intended for one purpose. Law Dict.-28

RELEASE

Relatio semper fiat ut valeat dispositio. Reference should always be so made that a (testamentary) disposition may be effective. Relation. A fiction of law whereby an act or instrument is from necessity, and for the advancement of justice, permitted to take effect, at least to some intent, at a time prior to its performance or execution. See 15 Am. Dec. 246, note.

Relations. Usually means those related by consanguinity and not those related by affinity. See 47 N. J. Eq. 563, 24 Am. St. Rep. 416, 14 L. R. A. 342, 22 Atl. 1055. Relative. One related by blood. See 83 Me. 197, 13 L. R. A. 37, 22 Atl. 115.

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Relative fact. A circumstance; fact relating to another fact. Relative impediment. A bar to the marriage of certain related persons, because of their relationship. Relative powers. Powers relating to land.

Relative rights. One's rights with respect to those of others. Relativorum cognito uno, cogniscitur et alterum. One of related things being known, the other is also known.

Relator. The complaint upon the relation or information of whom a quo warranto or information is filed. See 5 Mass. 231, 4 Am. Dec.

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Relatrix. A female relator.
Relaxare. To release.
Relaxatio. A release.
Relaxavi. I have released.
Release. The abandonment of a

claim or right to him against
whom the claim exists or the right
is to be enforced. See 50 S. W.
(Tex.) 1081. A sort of convey-

RELEASED

ance of one's right in lands to another who has some former estate in possession. See 21 N. J. L. 347. To discharge from custody or from a lien. See, also, Real release.

Released. A word which indorsed

on the face of a bill of lading signifies the exemption of the carrier from his common-law liability as an insurer. See 121 N. C. 514, 61 Am. St. Rep. 679, 28 S. E. 474.

Releasee. One to whom a release is made.

Releasor. One who executes a release.

Relegatio.

(Civil Law) Exile with

retention of civil rights. Relegation. Temporary banishment. Relet. A new letting to the lessee for a fixed and definite term such as that created by the original lease. See 138 Mass. 81. Relevamen. Relief, which see. Relevancy. The character or quality of being relevant.

Relevant. That quality of testimony which directly touches upon the issue made by the pleadings. See 58 Cal. 163.

Relevium. Relief, which see. Relict. A surviving spouse. See 40 Ohio St. 100. A widow. Relicta. The defendant's abandonment of his plea or defense to an action.

Relicta verificatione. A confession of judgment after having filed a plea.

Reliction. Land made by the reces

sion of the water by which it was previously covered. See 186 Ill. 235, 78 Am. St. Rep. 274, 57 N. E. 867. Relief. An incident to every feudal tenure, by way of fine or composi

RELIGIOUS

tion with the lord for taking up the estate, lapsed or fallen by the death of the last tenant. See 2 Bl. Comm. 65. The remedy sought by a bill in equity.

Religio sequitur patrem. The religion (of the child) follows (that of) the father. Religion. Some system of faith and practice resting on the idea of the existence of one God, the Creator and Ruler, to whom His creatures owe obedience and love. See 159 Pa. 500, 28 Atl. 303. Religious assembly. An assembly of religious persons. See 25 N. C. 111. Religious corporation. A corporation created for religious purposes. See 171 N. Y. 256, 63 N. E. 1109.

Religious denomination. ligious sect.

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