REVIVOR

the name of a bill in chancery used to renew an original bill which for some reason has become inoperative. Vide Bill of Revivor. … [Read more...] about REVIVOR

practice. When a judgment is more than a day and a year old, no execution can issue upon it at common law; but till it has been paid, or the presumption arises from lapse of time, that it has been satisfied, it may be revived and have all its original force, which was merely suspended. This may be done by a scire facias, or an action of debt on the judgment. Vide Scire facias; … [Read more...] about REVIVE

(A) contracts. An agreement to renew the legal obligation of a just debt, after it has been barred by the act of limitation or lapse of time, is called its revival. Vide Promise. (B) practice. The act by which a judgment, which has lain dormant or without any action upon it for a year and a day is, at common law, again restored to its original force. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...] about REVIVAL

In English law. Barristers appointed to revise the list of voters for county and borough members of parliament, and who hold courts for that purpose throughout the county.. Revising barristers' courts. In English law. Courts held in the autumn throughout the country, to revise the list of voters for county and borough members of parliament. … [Read more...] about REVISING BARRISTERS

In English Law. Two officers elected by the burgesses ot non-parllanientary municipal boroughs, the purpose of assisting the mayor In revising the parish burgess. Wharton. … [Read more...] about REVISING ASSESSORS