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REX

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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...]

REVIVOR

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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...]

REVIVOR, BILL OF

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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...]

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