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RelativeOne connected with another by blood or affinity; a relation, a kinsman or kinswoman. In an adjective sense, having relation or connexion with some other person or thing; as relative rights, relative powers.
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Blood
Kindred. 1) This word, in the law sense, is used to signify relationship, stock, or family; as, of the blood of the ancestor. 2) Brothers and sisters are said to be of the whole blood, if they have the same father and mother of the half blood, if they have only one parent in common.
Relation
1) Civil law. The report which the judges made of the proceedings in certain suits to the prince were so called. 2) Contracts, construction. When an act is done at one time, and it operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by relation.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Relative
One connected with another by blood or affinity; a relation, a kinsman or kinswoman. In an adjective sense, having relation or connexion with some other person or thing; as relative rights, relative powers.
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Relapse
The condition of one who, after having abandoned a course of vice, returns to it again.
Relation
1) Civil law. The report which the judges made of the proceedings in certain suits to the prince were so called. 2) Contracts, construction. When an act is done at one time, and it operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by relation.
Relations
Kindred. In its most extensive signification, this term includes all the kindred of the person spoken of. In a more limited sense, it signifies those persons who are entitled as next of kin under the statute of distribution.
Relative powers
Those which relate to land, so called to distinguish them from those which are collateral to it.
Relative rights
Those to which a person is entitled in consequence of his relation with others such as the rights of a hushand in relation to his wife; of a father, as to his children; of a master, as to his servant; of a guardian, as to his ward.
Relator
1) A rehearser or teller; one who, by leave of court, brings an information in the nature of a quo warranto. 2) At common law, strictly speaking, no such person as a relator to an information is known.
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Reissuable notes
Bank notes, which after having been once paid, may again be put into circulation, are so called.
Rejoinder
Pleadings. The name of the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
Relapse
The condition of one who, after having abandoned a course of vice, returns to it again.
Relation
1) Civil law. The report which the judges made of the proceedings in certain suits to the prince were so called. 2) Contracts, construction. When an act is done at one time, and it operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by relation.
Relations
Kindred. In its most extensive signification, this term includes all the kindred of the person spoken of. In a more limited sense, it signifies those persons who are entitled as next of kin under the statute of distribution.
Relative
Relative powers
Those which relate to land, so called to distinguish them from those which are collateral to it.
Relative rights
Those to which a person is entitled in consequence of his relation with others such as the rights of a hushand in relation to his wife; of a father, as to his children; of a master, as to his servant; of a guardian, as to his ward.
Relator
1) A rehearser or teller; one who, by leave of court, brings an information in the nature of a quo warranto. 2) At common law, strictly speaking, no such person as a relator to an information is known.
Release
1) Estates. The "conveyance of a man's interest or right, which he hath unto a thing, to another that hath the possession thereof, or some estate therein." 2) Contracts. A release is the giving or discharging of a right of action which a man has or may claim against another, or that which is his. 3) Releases are of two kinds: 1) Such as give up, discharge, or abandon a right of action. 2) Such as convey a man's interest or right to another, who has possession of it, or some estate in the same.
Releasee
A person to whom a release is made.
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Blood
Kindred. 1) This word, in the law sense, is used to signify relationship, stock, or family; as, of the blood of the ancestor. 2) Brothers and sisters are said to be of the whole blood, if they have the same father and mother of the half blood, if they have only one parent in common.
Relation
1) Civil law. The report which the judges made of the proceedings in certain suits to the prince were so called. 2) Contracts, construction. When an act is done at one time, and it operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by relation.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Relative
One connected with another by blood or affinity; a relation, a kinsman or kinswoman. In an adjective sense, having relation or connexion with some other person or thing; as relative rights, relative powers.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Relapse
The condition of one who, after having abandoned a course of vice, returns to it again.
Relation
1) Civil law. The report which the judges made of the proceedings in certain suits to the prince were so called. 2) Contracts, construction. When an act is done at one time, and it operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by relation.
Relations
Kindred. In its most extensive signification, this term includes all the kindred of the person spoken of. In a more limited sense, it signifies those persons who are entitled as next of kin under the statute of distribution.
Relative powers
Those which relate to land, so called to distinguish them from those which are collateral to it.
Relative rights
Those to which a person is entitled in consequence of his relation with others such as the rights of a hushand in relation to his wife; of a father, as to his children; of a master, as to his servant; of a guardian, as to his ward.
Relator
1) A rehearser or teller; one who, by leave of court, brings an information in the nature of a quo warranto. 2) At common law, strictly speaking, no such person as a relator to an information is known.
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Reissuable notes
Bank notes, which after having been once paid, may again be put into circulation, are so called.
Rejoinder
Pleadings. The name of the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
Relapse
The condition of one who, after having abandoned a course of vice, returns to it again.
Relation
1) Civil law. The report which the judges made of the proceedings in certain suits to the prince were so called. 2) Contracts, construction. When an act is done at one time, and it operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by relation.
Relations
Kindred. In its most extensive signification, this term includes all the kindred of the person spoken of. In a more limited sense, it signifies those persons who are entitled as next of kin under the statute of distribution.
Relative
Relative powers
Those which relate to land, so called to distinguish them from those which are collateral to it.
Relative rights
Those to which a person is entitled in consequence of his relation with others such as the rights of a hushand in relation to his wife; of a father, as to his children; of a master, as to his servant; of a guardian, as to his ward.
Relator
1) A rehearser or teller; one who, by leave of court, brings an information in the nature of a quo warranto. 2) At common law, strictly speaking, no such person as a relator to an information is known.
Release
1) Estates. The "conveyance of a man's interest or right, which he hath unto a thing, to another that hath the possession thereof, or some estate therein." 2) Contracts. A release is the giving or discharging of a right of action which a man has or may claim against another, or that which is his. 3) Releases are of two kinds: 1) Such as give up, discharge, or abandon a right of action. 2) Such as convey a man's interest or right to another, who has possession of it, or some estate in the same.
Releasee
A person to whom a release is made.
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