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RESERVANDO

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Reserving. In old conveyancing. An apt word of reserving a rent. Co. Litt 47a. Reservatio non debet esse de proficuis ipsis quia ea conceduntur, sed de redditu novo extra proficua. A reservation ought not to be of the profits themselves, because they are granted, but from the new rent, apart from the profits. Co. Litt 142. … [Read more...] about RESERVANDO

RESERVATION

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A clause in a deed or other instrument of conveyance by which the grantor creates, and reserves to himself, some right, interest, or profit in the estate granted, which had no previous existence as such, but is first called into being by the instrument reserving it; such as rent, or an easement Stephens v. Reynolds, 6 N. Y. 458; In re Narragansett Indians, 20 R. I. 715, 40 Atl. … [Read more...] about RESERVATION

RESERVE

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To make notice so as to retain the right to do something later, such as to set aside a judgment for the moment and potentially return to it in the future. … [Read more...] about RESERVE

RESET

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The receiving or harboring an outlawed person. Cowell. Reset of theft. In Scotch law. The receiving and keeping stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen, with a design of feloniously retaining them from the real owner. Alis. Crim, Law. 328. … [Read more...] about RESET

RESET OF THEFT

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Scotch law. The receiving and keeping of stolen goods knowing them to be stolen, with a design of feloniously retaining them from the real owner. … [Read more...] about RESET OF THEFT

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