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In English practice. Refusing to take upon one's self the office of executor or executrix. Refusing to take out probate under a will wherein one has been appointed executor or executrix. Holthonse. … [Read more...] about RENOUNCING PROBATE

Latin: In old English law. To renew. Annuatim renovare, to renew annually. A phrase applied to profits which are taken and the product renewed again. Anib. 13L … [Read more...] about RENOVARE

estates, contracts. A certain profit in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in retribution for the use. 2. A rent somewhat resembles an annuity, their difference consists in the fact that the former issues out of lands, and the latter is a mere personal charge. 3. At common law there were three kinds of rents; namely, rent-service, … [Read more...] about RENT

practice. When a suit or cause is removed out of one court into another, which is effected by writ of error, certiorari, and the like. 11 Co.41. … [Read more...] about REMOVER

A law that limits the amount of rent a landlord can charge and governs rent increases and has other stringent requirements on the landlord that are usually beneficial to the tenant. Rent control exists in a limited number of cities and states. … [Read more...] about RENT CONTROL