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The act of ceding back; the restoration of the title and dominion of a territory by the government which now holds it, to the government from which it was obtained by cession or otherwise. 2 White, Recop. 516. … [Read more...] about RECESSION

remedies. The act of a person who has been deprived of the custody of another to which he is legally entitled, by which he regains the peaceable custody of such person; or of the owner of personal or real property who has been deprived of his possession, by which he retakes possession, peaceably. In each of these cases the law allows the recaption of the person or of the … [Read more...] about RECAPTION

Lat. In old English law. A going back; reliction or retreat of the sea. … [Read more...] about RECESSUS MARIS

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