The constitution of the United States, art. 2, s. 2, declares that the president shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present concur. 2. So treaty is therefore of any validity to bind the nation unless it has been ratified by two-thirds of the members present in the senate at the time its … [Read more...] about RATIFICATION OF TREATIES
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RAVISHMENT OF WARD
Eng. law. The marriage of an infant ward, without the consent of the guardian, is called a ravishment of ward, and punishable by statute. Westminster 2, c. 35. … [Read more...] about RAVISHMENT OF WARD
RAPPORT A SUCCESSION
A French term used in Louisiana, which is somewhat similar in its meaning to our homely term hotch-pot. It is the reunion to the mass of the succession, of the things given by the deceased ancestor to his heir, in order that the whole may be divided among the do-heirs. 2. The obligation to make the rapport has a triple foundation. 1. It is to be presumed that the deceased … [Read more...] about RAPPORT A SUCCESSION
RATIHABITIO
Lat. Confirmation, agreement, consent, approbation of a contract Saltmarsh v. Candia, 51 N. H. 76 … [Read more...] about RATIHABITIO
RAZE
To erase. 8 How. State Tr. 156, … [Read more...] about RAZE