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RETENEMENTUM

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In old English law. Restraint; detainment; withholding. … [Read more...]

RESUMMONS

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In practice. A second summons.. The calling a person a second time to answer an action, where the first summons is defeated upon any occasion; as the death of a party, or the like, Cowell. … [Read more...]

RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS

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See answer. A pleading in response to a prior pleading made by another party. … [Read more...]

RESTRAINING

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Narrowing down, making less extensive; as, a restraining statute, by which the common law is narrowed down or made less extensive in its operation. … [Read more...]

RESSEISER

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The taking of lands into the hands of the crown, where a general livery or ouster le main was formerly misused. … [Read more...]

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