A term which includes oxen, cows, steers, heifers, and such like horned animals. Cowell. … [Read more...] about ROTHER-BEAST8
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ROLLOVER
A delayed tax that allows you to apply the profit you make selling your old house to pay for the new one without paying capital gains taxes on the profit. In order to rollover the profits, the new house must be more expensive than the old and the two sales must occur within two years of each other. … [Read more...] about ROLLOVER
ROTTEN BOROUGHS
Small boroughs in England, which prior to the reform act, 1832, returned one or more members to parliament. … [Read more...] about ROTTEN BOROUGHS
ROMA PEDITAE
Lat. Pilgrims that traveled to Rome on foot … [Read more...] about ROMA PEDITAE
ROTTEN CLAUSE
A clause sometimes Inserted in policies of marine insurance, to the effect that "if, on a regular survey, the ship shall be declared unseaworthy by reason of being rotten or unsound," the insurers shall be discharged. 1 Phil. Ins. … [Read more...] about ROTTEN CLAUSE