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RECRIMINATION

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A charge made by an accused person against the accuser; in particular a counter-charge of adultery or cruelty made by one charged with the same offense in a suit for divorce, against the person who has charged him or her. Wharton. Recrimination is a showing by the defendant of any cause of divorce against the plaintiff, in bar of the plaintiffs cause of divorce. … [Read more...]

RECTO, BREVE DE

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A writ of right which was of so high a nature that as other writs in real actions were only to recover the possession of the land, etc., in question, this aimed to recover the seisin and the property, and thereby both the rights of possession and property were tried together. Cowell. … [Read more...]

RECTOR

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In English law. He that has full possession of a parochial church. A rector (or parson) has, for the most part, the whole right to all the ecclesiastical dues in his parish; while a vicar has an appropriates over him, entitled to the best part of the profits, to whom the vicar is, in effect, perpetual curate, with a standing salary. 1 Bl. Comm. 384, 388. See Bird v. St Mark's … [Read more...]

RECRUIT

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A newly-enlisted soldier. … [Read more...]

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