In the civil law. An action by a defendant against a plaintiff In a former action; a cross-bill or litigation. The term is used in practice in the states of Louisiana and Texas, derived from the re-conventio of the civil law. Reconvention ia not identical with set-off, but more extensive. See Pacific Exp. Co. v. Malin, 132 U. a 531 10 Sup. Ct 166, 33 L. Ed. 450; SubervlUe v. … [Read more...]

In English practice. A writ by which a suit or plaint in replevin may be removed from a county court to one of the courts of West-minster Hall. 3 Bl. Comm. 149; 3 Steph. PJL 522, 666. So termed from the emphatic words of the old writ by which the sheriff was commanded to cause the plaint to be recorded, and to have the record before the Superior Court. … [Read more...]

That imaginary process by which a prior constructive conversion is annulled, and the converted property restored in contemplation of law to its original state. … [Read more...]

This means the process of filing a copy of a deed or other record regarding real estate with the county land records office in the county the real estate is located. Recording creates a public record of change of property ownership. … [Read more...]

takes place where a mortgage debt is paid off, and the mortgaged property is conveyed again to the mortgagor or his representatives free from the mortgage debt Sweet … [Read more...]