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To state In a written instru ment facts connected with its inception, or reasons for its being made. Also to quote or set forth the words or the contents of some other instrument or document; as, to "recite" a statute. See Hart v. Baltimore A O. R. Co., 6 W. Va. 348. … [Read more...] about RECITE

To observe or notice something … [Read more...] about RECK

The taking from an enemy, by a friendly force, a vessel previously taken for prize by such enemy. Reoeditur a plaeitis juris, potins quam injuria) et delicto ntaneant impunita. Positive rules of law as distinguished from maxims or conclusions of reason] will be receded from, [given up or dispensed with,] rather than that crimes and wrongs should remain unpunished. Bac. Max. 55, … [Read more...] about RECAPTURE

Ger. Right; justice; equity; the whole body of law; unwritten law; law; also a right. There is much ambiguity in the use of this term, an ambiguity which it shares with the French "droit" the Italian "diritto," and the English "right" On the one hand, the term "recht" answers to the Roman "jus," and thus indicates law in the abstract considered as the foundation of all rights, … [Read more...] about RECHT

A receipt is the written acknowledgment of the receipt of money, or a thing of value, without containing any affirmative obligation upon either party to it; a mere admission of a fact in writing. Krutz v. Craig, 53 Ind. 574. A receipt may be defined to be such a written acknowledgment by one person of his having received money from another as will be prima facie evidence of … [Read more...] about RECEIPT