Category: R

Lat. In the civil law. Things extracted from land; as sand, chalk, coal, and such other matters.

the damages caused by a collision between the two ships. 3 Kent, Comm. 231; Story, Bailm.

A form of waiter service faster and less expensive than French service . The food is finished off with garnishes etc in the kitchen and brought to the table by one waiter.

An area with a lot of manufacturing businesses that have all moved operation or closed down.

Lat. In feudal law. Natives of a conquered country. In old English law. Inferior country tenants, churls, or cliorls, who held cottages and lands by the services of plowing, and other labors of agriculture, for the lord. Cowell.

Lat. A rude, unlearned, or unlettered tribunal; a term some- times applied to arbitrators selected by the parties to settle a dispute. See Underbill v. Van Cortlandt, 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 339; Dickinson v. Chesapeake & O. It. Co., 7 W. Va. 429.

Expected future claims covered by reserves paid by an insurer.

Lat. In maritime law. A rough or rude judgment or decision. A judgment iu admiralty dividing RUTA 1049

Lands in Scotland where the ridges of a field belong alternatively to different proprietors. Anciently this kind of possession was advantageous in giving a united interest to tenants to resist inroads. By the act of 1095, c. 23. a division of these lands was authorized, with the exception of lands belonging to corporations. Wharton.

a Latin phrase that means simple justice.