A reconsideration; second view or examination; revision; consideration for purposes of correction. Used especially of the examination of a cause by an appellate court, and of a second investigation of a proposed public road by a jury of viewers. In equity practice. A Mil, in the nature of a writ of error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a decree … [Read more...]

A judicial writ addressed to the sheriff for the final restitution or return of cattle to the owner when unjustly taken or distrained, and so found by verdict It is granted after a nonsuit in a second deliverance. Reg. Jud 27. … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil and canon law. The defendant in an action or suit. A person judicially accused of a criine; a person criminally proceeded against. Halll-fax, Civil Law, b. 3, c 13, no. 7. A party to a suit, whether plaintiff or de: fendant; a litigant This was the ancient sense of the word. Calvin. A party to a contract. Reus stipulandi, a party stipulating; the party who … [Read more...]

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A retrospective law is one that is to take effect, in point of time, before it was passed. 2. Whenever a law of this kind impairs the obligation of contracts, it is void. 3 Dall. 391. But laws which only vary the remedies, divest no right, but merely cure a defect in proceedings otherwise fair, are valid. … [Read more...]