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In the legal polity of the Salians and Ripuarlans and other Germanic peoples, this name was given to the judges or assessors who sat with the count in his mallum, (court,) and were generally associated with him in other matters. Spelman. … [Read more...] about RACHIMBURGII

In law, this term is of exactly equivalent import to "railroad." Railway commissioners. A body of three commissioners appointed under the English regulation of railways act, 1873, principally to enforce the provisions of the railway and canal traffic act, 1854, by compelling railway and canal companies to give reasonable facilities for traffic, to abstain from giving … [Read more...] about RAILWAY

Of or concerning race or ethnicity. … [Read more...] about RACIAL

The water which naturally falls from the clouds. 2. No one has a right to build his house so as to cause the rain water to fall over his neighbor's land; Action upon the case for a nuisance, A; unless he has acquired a right by a grant or prescription. 3. When the land remains in a state of nature, says a learned writer, and by the natural descent, the rain water would descend … [Read more...] about RAIN WATER

In the signatures of royal persons, "R." is an abbreviation for "rex" (king) or "regina" (queen.) In descriptions of land, according to the divisions of the governmental survey, It stands for "range." Ot tumwa, etc., R. Co. v. McWilliams, 71 Iowa 164, 32 N. W. 315. … [Read more...] about R.