Where a lease provided that the tenancy should not be confined to any portion of the land granted, but allowed the tenant the use of all the land he could clear, it was called in the old books a "running lease," as distinguished from one confined to a particular division, circumscribed by metes and bounds, within a larger tract. Cowan v. Hatcher (Tenn. Ch. App.) 59 S. W. 69L … [Read more...] about RUNNING LEASE
RUNDLET, OR RUNLET
A measure of wine, oil, etc., containing eighteen gallons and a half. Cowell. … [Read more...] about RUNDLET, OR RUNLET
RULING
Any decision a judge makes during the course of a lawsuit. … [Read more...] about RULING
RUNCARIA
in old records. Land full of brambles and briars. I Inst 5a, … [Read more...] about RUNCARIA
RUNNING WITH THE LAND
A term used in real estate law to refer to a right or duty that remains with the land even after it gets sold and is passed onto every successive owner, for example, a utility easement or right of way to pass through land to enter a landlocked area. A covenant is said to run with the land when either the liability to perform it or the right to take advantage of it passes to the … [Read more...] about RUNNING WITH THE LAND