In French law. Rente ia the annual return which represents the revenue of a capital or of an immovable alienated. The constitution of rente. is a contract by which one of the parties lends to the other a capital which he agrees not to recall, in consideration of the borrower's paying an annual Interest It is this interest which is called "rente." Duverger. The word is therefore … [Read more...]

v. In practice. To give up; to yield; to return; to surrender. Also to pay or perform; used of rents, services, and the like. Reader judgment. To pronounce, state, declare, or announce the judgment of the court in a given case or on a given state of facts; not used with reference to judgments by confession, and not synonymous with "entering." "docketing," or "recording" the … [Read more...]

This is a technical phrase used in Louisiana. It is a rent which issues out of land, and it is of its essence that it be perpetual, for if it be made but for a limited time, it is a lease. It may, however, be extinguished. … [Read more...]

To deliver a verdict, to render a decision, to pronounce judgment. … [Read more...]

French law. This term, which is used in Louisiana, signifies an annuity for life. … [Read more...]