Confinement, abridgment, or limitation. Prohibition of action; holding or pressing back from action. Hindrance, confinement, or restriction of liberty. "What, then, according to a common understanding, is the meaning of the term 'restraint?' Does it imply that the limitation, restriction, or confinement must be imposed by those who are in possession of the person or thing which … [Read more...]

(A) A term sometimes used instead of defendant or appellee, which depends upon the state and the court, for example, a petitioner for a divorce with responding party being the respondent. Landlord tenant courts may laso refer to the landlord as the petitioner for an eviction. (B) practice. The party who makes an answer to a bill or other proceeding in chancery. In the civil … [Read more...]

Passing it a second time through the proper office, whereupon it receives a new stamp. 1 Chit Arch. Pr. 212. … [Read more...]

Any act, including collusion amongst the competitors in the marketplace, that substantially impacts and limits the ability to conduct interstate commerce. Such restraints are illegal. … [Read more...]

The hypothecation of the cargo or goods on board a ship as security for the repayment of a loan, the tenn "bottomry" being confined to hypothecations of the ship herself; but now the term "respondentia" ia seldom used, and the express slon "bottomry" is generally employed, whether the vessel or her cargo or both be the security. Maude & P. Shipp. 433; Smith, Merc. Law, 416. … [Read more...]