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...]

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

Land, buildings or equipment or other objects that not movable and permanently affixed to the property. (A) A term for real estate that includes the land and anything permanently attached to the land like a building, home, trees and other permanent fixtures. (B) That which consists of land, and of all rights and profits arising from and annexed to land, of a permanent, … [Read more...]

A measure or a standard of caution and awareness for the safety of self and others that the average prudent person would use under the circumstances. The reasonable care test is a subjective test to determine whether a person committed negligence in their actions, not exercising reasonable care. … [Read more...]

Deliberate, organized resistance, by force and arms, to the laws or operations of the government committed by a subject See Hubbard v. Harnden Exp. Co., 10 R. I. 247 ; State v. McDonald, 4 Port. (Ala.) 455; Crashley v. Press Pub. Co., 74 App. Div. 118, 77 N. Y. Supp. 711. In old English law, the term "rebellion" was also applied to contempt of a court manifested by disobedience … [Read more...]