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In feudal law. Certain servitors who held their land by serving their lords on horseback. CowelL … [Read more...] about ROD KNIGHTS

Return on Equity … [Read more...] about ROE

Landmark U.S. Supreme Court case which decided that abortions during the first trimester, other than those that are necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman, was a privacy right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. … [Read more...] about ROE V WADE

Lat. In Roman law. To ask Or solicit. Rogare legem, to ask for the adoption of a law, i.e. to propose it for enactment, to bring in a bill. In a derivative sense, to vote for a law so proposed; to adopt or enact it. … [Read more...] about ROGARE

Latin: In Roman law. An asking for a law; a proposal of a law for adoption or passage. Derivatively, a law passed by such a form. … [Read more...] about ROGATIO