The deductions and payments out of lands, annuities, and the like, are called reprises, because they are taken back; when we speak of the clear yearly value of an estate, we say it is worth so much a year ultra reprises, besides all reprises. 2. In Pennsylvania, lands are not to be sold when the rents can pay the encumbrances in seven years, beyond all reprises. … [Read more...] about REPRISES
REPRISALS
war. The forcibly taking a thing by one nation which belonged to another, in return or satisfaction for a injury committed by the latter on the former. 2. Reprisals are used between nation and nation to do themselves justice, when they cannot otherwise obtain it. Congress have the power to grant letters of marque and reprisal. Const. art. 1, s. 8 cl. 11. 3. Reprisals are made … [Read more...] about REPRISALS
REQUEST FOR A NEW TRIAL
A request to a judge to order a new trial on the basis that a significant error occurred or was made. … [Read more...] about REQUEST FOR A NEW TRIAL
REQUEST TO ADMIT
See request for admission. … [Read more...] about REQUEST TO ADMIT
REQUEST FOR ADMISSION
Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and may state rules, a procedure where a party requests that the adverse party admit certain facts are true and if the adverse a party fails to respond in a timely manner or concedes, the facts are deemed to be true at trial. Also called a request to admit. … [Read more...] about REQUEST FOR ADMISSION