A sobriety test given on the roadside. … [Read more...] about ROADSIDE TEST
ROAD
(A) A passage through the country for the use of the people. 3 Yeates, 421. 2. Roads are public or private. Public roads are laid out by public authority, or dedicated by individuals to public use. The public have the use of such roads, but the owner of the land over which they are made and the owners of land bounded on the highway, have, prima facie, a fee in such highway, ad … [Read more...] about ROAD
RIXATRIX
In old English law. A scold; a scolding or quarrelsome woman. 4 Bl. Comm. 168. … [Read more...] about RIXATRIX
RIPTOWELL, OR REAPTOWEL
A gratuity or reward given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn, or done other customary duties. Cowell. … [Read more...] about RIPTOWELL, OR REAPTOWEL
RIPENESS DOCTRINE
The legal doctrine that a court will only hear a case that is an actual dispute, not one that is hypothetical, theoretically possible or which may happen in the future and which an immediate judgment on the issues is not necessary. … [Read more...] about RIPENESS DOCTRINE