practice. When a judgment is more than a day and a year old, no execution can issue upon it at common law; but till it has been paid, or the presumption arises from lapse of time, that it has been satisfied, it may be revived and have all its original force, which was merely suspended. This may be done by a scire facias, or an action of debt on the judgment. Vide Scire facias; … [Read more...] about REVIVE
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REX
Lat. The king. The king regarded as the party prosecuting in a criminal action; as in the form of entitling such actions, "Rex v. Doe." Ren debet esse sub lege quia lex facit regent. The king ought to be under the law, because the law makes the king. 1 BL Comm. 239. Ren est legalis et politico. Lane, 27. The king is both a legal and political person. Ren est Ion vivens. Jenk. … [Read more...] about REX
REVIVOR
the name of a bill in chancery used to renew an original bill which for some reason has become inoperative. Vide Bill of Revivor. … [Read more...] about REVIVOR
REX EST MAJOR SINGULIS MINOR UNIVERSIS
Latin, meaning The King is greater than individuals less than all the people. … [Read more...] about REX EST MAJOR SINGULIS MINOR UNIVERSIS
REVIVOR, BILL OF
In equity, practice. A bill filed for the purpose of reviving or calling into operation the proceedings in a suit when, from some circumstance, (as the death of the plaintiff,) the suit had abated. … [Read more...] about REVIVOR, BILL OF