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RATE OF INTEREST

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The amount of interest that a lender charges to lend money. … [Read more...]

RAVISHED

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In criminal practice. A material word in indictments for rape. Whart. Crim. Law, … [Read more...]

RAPE SHIELD LAW

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Law which protects rape victims from being questioned about prior sexual conduct when giving testimony. … [Read more...]

RATIFICATION

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The confirmation of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another; confirmation of a voidable act. An agreement to adopt an act performed by another for us. 2. Ratifications are either empress or implied. The former are made in express and direct terms of assent; the latter are such as the law presumes from the acts of the principal; as, if Peter buy goods for … [Read more...]

RAVISHMENT

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In criminal law. An unlawful taking of a woman, or of an heir in ward. Rape. Ravishment de gard. IA Fr. An abolished writ which lay for a guardian by knight's service or in socage, against a person who took from him the body of his ward. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 140 ; 12 Oar. II. c. 3. Ravishment of ward. In English law. The marriage of an infant ward without the consent of the … [Read more...]

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