A statute which restrains the common law, where it is too lax and luxuriant 1 Bl. Comm. 87. Statutes restraining the powers of corperations in regard to leases have been so called in England. 2 BL Comm. 319, 320. … [Read more...] about RESTRAINING STATUTE
RESTAURANT
This term, as currently understood, means only, or chiefly, an eating-house; but it has no such fixed and definite legal meaning as necessarily to exclude its being an "inn" in the legal sense. Lewis v. Hitchcock (D. C.) 10 Fed. 4. … [Read more...] about RESTAURANT
RESTORE
To return what has been unjustly taken; to place the owner of a thing in the state in which he formerly was. By restitution is understood not only the return of the thing itself, but all its accessories. It is to return the thing and its fruits. … [Read more...] about RESTORE
RESTITUTION
In maritime law. When a portion of a ship's cargo is lost by jettison, and the remainder saved, and the articles so lost are replaced by a general contribution among the owners of the cargo, this is called "restitution." In practice. The return of something to the owner of it or to the person entitled to upon the reversal or setting aside of the judgment or order of court under … [Read more...] about RESTITUTION
RESTAUR, OR RESTOR
The remedy or recourse which marine underwriters have against each other, according to the date of their assurances, or against the master, If the loss arise through his default, as through ill loading, want of caulking, or want of having the vessel tight; also the remedy or recourse a person has against his guarantor or other person who is to indemnify him from any damage … [Read more...] about RESTAUR, OR RESTOR