In Saxon law. The court of the reve, reeve, or shire reeve. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 6. … [Read more...]

A day appointed by law when all writs are to be returned which have issued since the preceding return day. The sheriff is in general not required to return his writ until the return day. After that period he may be ruled to make a return. … [Read more...]

A criminal complaint charged that the defendant did "revel, quarrel, commit mischief, and otherwise behave In a disorderly manner." Held, that the word "revel" has a definite meaning; i.e., "to behave in a noisy, boisterous manner, like a bacchanal." In re Began, 12 B. I. 309. … [Read more...]

A written confirmation of a process server, under oath, declaring and describing the service of legal papers upon the person served. … [Read more...]

The land which in Domesday is said to have been "thane-lancd," and afterwards converted into "reveland" It seems to have been land which, having reverted to the king after the death of the thane, who had it for life, was not granted out to any by the king, but rested in charge on the account of the reve or bailiff of the manor. Spel. Feuds, c. 24. … [Read more...]