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A kind of lottery in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor of it Webster; Prendergast v. State, 41 Tex. Cr. R. 358, 57 S. W. 850; State v. Ken-non, 21 Mo. 264; People v. American Art Union, 7 N. Y. 241. A raffle may be described as a … [Read more...] about RAFFLE

In French law. The right of repurchase which, in English and American law, the vendor may reserve to himself. It is also called "re'me're'." Brown. … [Read more...] about RACHAT

A statute, so called, of justices assigned by Edward I. and his council, to go a circuit through all England, and to hear and determine all complaints of injuries done within five years next before Michaelmas, in the fourth year of his reign. Spelman. Also a rule, form, regimen, or precedent. … [Read more...] about RAGEMAN

L. Fr. To redeem; to repurchase, (or buy back.) Kelham. … [Read more...] about RACHATER

A roll, called from one Ragimund or Ragimont a legate in Scotland, who, summoning all the beneficed clergymen in that kingdom, caused them on oath to give in tin true value of their benefices, according to which they were afterwards taxed by the court of Rome. Wharton. … [Read more...] about RAGMAN’S ROLL, OR RAGIMUND’S ROLL