The remembrancer of the city of London is parliamentary solicitor to the corporation, and is bound to attend all courts of aldermen and common council when required. Pull Laws & Oust. Lond. 122. … [Read more...]
RELIQUES
Remains; such as the bones, etc., of saints, preserved with great veneration as sacred memorials. They have been forbidden to be used or brought into England. St 3 Jac. I. c. 26. … [Read more...]
REMEMBRANCERS
In English law. Officers of the exchequer, whose duty it ia to put in remembrance the lord treasurer and the justices of that court of such things as are to be called and dealt in for the benefit of the crown. Jacob. … [Read more...]
RELOCATIO
Latin: In the civil law. A renewal of a lease on its determination. It may be either express or tacit; the latter is when the tenant holds over with the knowledge and without objection of the landlord. Mackeld. Rom. Law, f 412. … [Read more...]
REMISE
A French word which literally means a surrendering or returning a debt or duty. 2. It is frequently used in this sense in releases; as, remise, release and forever quit-claim. In the French law the word remise is synonymous with our word release. … [Read more...]