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REMEDIAL LAW

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Law that deals with the enforcement of one's rights and remedies. … [Read more...]

RELIGIOUS TEST

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The constitution of the United States, art. 6, s. 3, de-clares that no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust under the United States. 2. This clause was introduced for the double purpose of satisfying the scruples of many respectable persons, who feel an invincible repugnance to any religious test or affirmation, and to cut off … [Read more...]

REMEDIAL STATUTE

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A statute that exists to correct an existing law. … [Read more...]

RELINQUISHMENT

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practice. A forsaking, abandoning, or giving over a right; for example, a plaintiff may relinquish a bad count in a declaration, and proceed on the good: a man may relinquish a part of his claim in order to give a court jurisdiction. … [Read more...]

REMEDY

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The means employed to enforce a right or redress an injury. 3. Remedies may be considered in relation to 1. The enforcement of contracts. 2. The redress of torts or injuries. 4. Section 1. The remedies for the enforcement of contracts are generally by action. The form of these depend upon the nature of the contract. They will be briefly considered, each separately. 5. 1. The … [Read more...]

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