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RIGHT OF REDEMPTION

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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...]

RIGHTS OF PERSONS

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Rights which concern and are annexed to the persona of men. 1 Bl. Comm. 122. … [Read more...]

RIGHT OF RELIEF

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In Scotch law. The right of a cautioner (surety) to demand reimbursement from the principal debtor when he has been compelled to pay the debt 1 Bell, Comm. 847. … [Read more...]

RIGHTS OF THINGS

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Such as a man may acquire over external objects, or things unconnected with his person. 1 BL Comm. 122. … [Read more...]

RIGGING THE MARKET

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A term of the stock-exchange, denoting the practice of inflating the price of given stocks, or enhancing their quoted value, by a system of pretended purchases, designed to give the air of an unusual demand for such stocks. See L. R. 13 Eq. 447. … [Read more...]

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