|
 |
||
 |
| This dictionary contains: 8526 juridical terms |
 |
Rate of exchange
|
|
Rate of exchangeAmong merchants, by rate of exchange is understood the price at which a bill drawn in one country upon another, may be sold in the former.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Rate
A public valuation or assessment of every man's estate; or the ascertaining how much tax every one shall pay.
Price
contracts. The consideration in money given for the purchase of a thing.
Bill
1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty.
Country
By country is meant the state of which one is a member.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Rate
A public valuation or assessment of every man's estate; or the ascertaining how much tax every one shall pay.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Rapine
Criminal law. This is almost indistinguishable from robbery. It is the felonious taking of another man's personal property, openly and by violence, against his will. The civilians define rapine to be the taking with violence, the movable property of another, with the fraudulent intent to appropriate it to one's own.
Rapport a succession
A French term used in Louisiana, which is somewhat similar in its meaning to our homely term hotch-pot. It is the reunion to the mass of the succession, of the things given by the deceased ancestor to his heir, in order that the whole may be divided among the do-heirs.
Rascatl
An opprobrious term, applied to persons of bad character. The law does not presume that a damage has arisen because the defendant has been called a rascal, and therefore no general damages can be recovered for it; if the party has received special damages in consequence of being so called, be can recover a recompense to indennify him for his loss.
Rasure
The scratching or scraping a writing, so as to prevent some part of it from being read.
Rate
A public valuation or assessment of every man's estate; or the ascertaining how much tax every one shall pay.
Rate of exchange
Ratification
The confirmation or adoption of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another.
Ratification of treaties
The constitution of the United States declares that the president shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present concur.
Ratihabition
Contracts. Confirmation; approbation of a contract; ratification.
Ratio decidendi
Reason for deciding, which refers to a finding of law in a decision, where the finding was based on the issues properly before the court. It is legal reasoning essential to the decision that the court must take to decide the case.
Rationalibus divisis, writ de
The name of a writ which lies properly when two men have lands in several towns or hamlets, so that the one is seised of the land in one town or hamlet, and the other, of the other town or hamlet by himself; and they do not know the bounds of the town or hamlet, nor of their respective lands. This writ lies by one, against the other, and the object of it is to fix the boundaries
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Rate
A public valuation or assessment of every man's estate; or the ascertaining how much tax every one shall pay.
Price
contracts. The consideration in money given for the purchase of a thing.
Bill
1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty.
Country
By country is meant the state of which one is a member.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Rate
A public valuation or assessment of every man's estate; or the ascertaining how much tax every one shall pay.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Rapine
Criminal law. This is almost indistinguishable from robbery. It is the felonious taking of another man's personal property, openly and by violence, against his will. The civilians define rapine to be the taking with violence, the movable property of another, with the fraudulent intent to appropriate it to one's own.
Rapport a succession
A French term used in Louisiana, which is somewhat similar in its meaning to our homely term hotch-pot. It is the reunion to the mass of the succession, of the things given by the deceased ancestor to his heir, in order that the whole may be divided among the do-heirs.
Rascatl
An opprobrious term, applied to persons of bad character. The law does not presume that a damage has arisen because the defendant has been called a rascal, and therefore no general damages can be recovered for it; if the party has received special damages in consequence of being so called, be can recover a recompense to indennify him for his loss.
Rasure
The scratching or scraping a writing, so as to prevent some part of it from being read.
Rate
A public valuation or assessment of every man's estate; or the ascertaining how much tax every one shall pay.
Rate of exchange
Ratification
The confirmation or adoption of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another.
Ratification of treaties
The constitution of the United States declares that the president shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present concur.
Ratihabition
Contracts. Confirmation; approbation of a contract; ratification.
Ratio decidendi
Reason for deciding, which refers to a finding of law in a decision, where the finding was based on the issues properly before the court. It is legal reasoning essential to the decision that the court must take to decide the case.
Rationalibus divisis, writ de
The name of a writ which lies properly when two men have lands in several towns or hamlets, so that the one is seised of the land in one town or hamlet, and the other, of the other town or hamlet by himself; and they do not know the bounds of the town or hamlet, nor of their respective lands. This writ lies by one, against the other, and the object of it is to fix the boundaries
We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Rate of exchange. If you have a better definition for Rate of exchange than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Rate of exchange may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Rate of exchange and any other medical topic for the public at large.
This dictionary contains 8526 terms.
|
|