In practice. The return made by the sheriff to a writ of execution when he has not been able to sell the property seized, that the same remains unsold for want of buyers. … [Read more...]
REMANENTIA
In old English law. A remainder. Spelman. A perpetuity, or perpetual estate. Glan. lib. 7, c 1. … [Read more...]
RELIEVE
In feudal law, relieve is to depend; thus, the seigniory of a tenant in capite relieves of the crown, meaning that the tenant holds of the crown. The term la not common in English writers. Sweet … [Read more...]
REMANET
A remnant; that which remains. Thus the causes of which the trial is deferred from one term to another, or from one sitting to another, are termed "remonets." 1 Archb. Pr. 375. … [Read more...]
RELIGION
Real piety in practice, consisting in the performance of all known duties to God and our fellow men. 2. There are many actions which cannot be regulated by human laws, and many duties are imposed by religion calculated to promote the happiness of society. Besides, there is an infinite number of actions, which though punishable by society, may be concealed from men, and which … [Read more...]