In English criminal law. The unlawful assembling of twelve persons or more, to the disturbance of the peace, and not dispersing upon proclamation. 4 Bl. Comm. 142; 4 Steph. Comm. 273. And see Madisonvllle v. Bishop, 113 Ky. 106, 67 S. W. 269, 57 L. R. A. 130. … [Read more...] about RIOTOUS ASSEMBLY
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RIOTOUSLY
A technical word, properly used in indictments for riot. It of itself implies force and violence. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 489. … [Read more...] about RIOTOUSLY
RIPA
The bank of a river, or the place beyond which the waters do not in their natural course overflow. 2. An extraordinary overflow does not change the banks of the river. … [Read more...] about RIPA
RIGHT OF REDEMPTION
The right to disincumber property or to free it from a claim or lien; specifically, the right (granted by statute only) to free property from the incumbrance of a foreclosure or other judicial sale, or to recover the title passing thereby, by paying what is due, with interest, costs, etc. Not to be confounded with the "equity of redemption," which exists independently of … [Read more...] about RIGHT OF REDEMPTION
RIGHTS OF PERSONS
Rights which concern and are annexed to the persona of men. 1 Bl. Comm. 122. … [Read more...] about RIGHTS OF PERSONS