is where the members of a trade union cause the tools, clothes, or other property of a workman to be taken away or hidden, in order to compel him to join the union or cease working. It is, in England, an offense punishable by fine or imprisonment. 38 A 39 Vict. c. 86, … [Read more...] about RATTENING
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RAPE
In criminal law. The unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman by a man forcibly and against her will. In English law. An intermediate division between a shire and a hundred; or a division of a county, containing several hundreds. 1 Bl. Comm. 116; Cowell. Apparently peculiar to the county of Sussex. Rape of the forest. In old English law. Trespass committed in a forest by violence. … [Read more...] about RAPE
RATE OF INTEREST
The amount of interest that a lender charges to lend money. … [Read more...] about RATE OF INTEREST
RAVISHED
In criminal practice. A material word in indictments for rape. Whart. Crim. Law, … [Read more...] about RAVISHED
RAPE SHIELD LAW
Law which protects rape victims from being questioned about prior sexual conduct when giving testimony. … [Read more...] about RAPE SHIELD LAW