Heathy ground, or ground full of ling; also watery, and moorish land. 1 Inst 5. … [Read more...] about ROSLAND
ROTURE
Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenure without the privilege of nobility; the tenure of a free commoner. … [Read more...] about ROTURE
ROSTER
A list of persons who are to perform certain legal duties when called upon in their turn. In military affairs it is a table or plan by which the duty of officers is regulated. See Matthews v. Bowman, 25 Me. 167. … [Read more...] about ROSTER
ROTA
L. Latin: Succession; rotation. "Rota of presentations;" "rota of the terms." 2 W. BU 772, 773. The name of two ancient courts, one held at Borne and the other at Genoa. … [Read more...] about ROTA
ROTTEN CLAUSE
A clause sometimes Inserted in policies of marine insurance, to the effect that "if, on a regular survey, the ship shall be declared unseaworthy by reason of being rotten or unsound," the insurers shall be discharged. 1 Phil. Ins. … [Read more...] about ROTTEN CLAUSE