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RELIANCE

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To depend upon the statement or action of another as if genuine and true. … [Read more...]

RELAXARE

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In old conveyancing. To release. Relaxavi, relaxasse, have released. Litt … [Read more...]

RELICT

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A widow; as A B, relict of C D. This term is applied to the survivor of a pair of married people, whether the survivor is the husband or the wife; it means the relict of the united pair, (or of the marriage union,) not the relict of the deceased individual. Spitler v. Heeter, 42 Ohio St 101. … [Read more...]

RELAXATIO

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In old conveyancing. A release; an instrument by which a person relinquishes to another his right in anything. … [Read more...]

RELICTA VERIFICATIONE

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L. Latin: Where a judgment was confessed by cognovit actionem after plea pleaded, and the plea waa withdrawn, it was called a "confession" or "cognovit actionem relictu verificetione." Wharton. … [Read more...]

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