An offer of recompense given by authority of law for the performance of some act for the public good; which, when the act has been performed, is to be paid; or it is the recompense actually paid. 2. A reward may be offered by the government or by a private person. In criminal prosecutions, a person may be a competent witness although he expects, on conviction of the prisoner, … [Read more...]

(A) contracts. An agreement to renew the legal obligation of a just debt, after it has been barred by the act of limitation or lapse of time, is called its revival. Vide Promise. (B) practice. The act by which a judgment, which has lain dormant or without any action upon it for a year and a day is, at common law, again restored to its original force. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...]

In old records. Realm, or kingdom. … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]