He who enters into a recognizance. … [Read more...] about RECOGNIZOR
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RECOLEMENT
In French law. This is the process by which a witness, who has given his deposition, reads the same over and scrutinises It, with a view to affirming his satisfaction with it as it stands, or to making such changes in it as his better recollection may suggest t6 him as necessary to the truth. This ia necessary to the validity of the deposition. See Poth. Proc. Crim. … [Read more...] about RECOLEMENT
RECOLLECT
To remember something. … [Read more...] about RECOLLECT
RECLUSION
In French law and in Louisiana. Incarceration as a punishment for crime; a temporary, afflictive, and infamous punishment, consisting in being confined at hard labor in a penal Institution, and carrying dvil degradation. See Phelps v. Relnach, 38 La. Ann. 551; Jurgens v. Ittman, 47 La. Ann. 367, 16 South. 952. … [Read more...] about RECLUSION
RECISSION
Revocation, to cancel or void. See recission of a contract. … [Read more...] about RECISSION