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Rod
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RodA measure sixteen feet and a half long; a perch.
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Measure
That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses a relation with other quantities of the same thing.
Half
One equal part of a thing divided into two parts, either in fact or in contemplation. A moiety. This word is used in composition; as, half cent, half dime.
Perch
Measure. The length of sixteen feet and a half: a pole or rod of that length. Forty perches in length and four in breadth make an acre of land
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Road
1) A passage through the country for the use of the people. 2) Maritime law. A road is defined by Lord Hale to be an open passage of the sea, which, from the situation of the adjacent land, and its own depth and wideness, affords a secure place for the common riding and anchoring of vessels.
Roaring
A disease among horses occasioned by the circumstance of the neck of the windpipe being too narrow for accelerated respiration; the disorder is frequently produced by sore throat or other topical inflammation.
Robber
One who commits a robbery. One who feloniously and forcibly takes goods or money to any value from the person of another by violence or putting him, in fear.
Robbery
Crimes. The felonious and forcible taking from the person of another, goods or money to any value, by violence or putting him in fear.
Robinson-patman act
An amendment to the Clayton Act which deals with price discrimination.
Rod
Rogatory, letters
A kind of commission from a judge authorizing and requesting a judge of another jurisdiction to examine a witness.
Rogue
A French word, which in that language signifies proud, arrogant. In some of the ancient English statutes it means an idle, sturdy beggar, which is its meaning in law. Rogues are usually punished as vagrants. Although the word rogue is a word of reproach, yet to charge one as a rogue is not actionable.
Role d'equipage
The list of a ship's crew; the muster roll.
Roll
A schedule of parchment which may be turned up with the hand in the form of a pipe or tube.
Roman law
The law of ancient Rome, which is the source of the civil law. The term "Roman law" is sometimes applied loosely to refer to civil law generally.
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Measure
That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses a relation with other quantities of the same thing.
Half
One equal part of a thing divided into two parts, either in fact or in contemplation. A moiety. This word is used in composition; as, half cent, half dime.
Perch
Measure. The length of sixteen feet and a half: a pole or rod of that length. Forty perches in length and four in breadth make an acre of land
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Road
1) A passage through the country for the use of the people. 2) Maritime law. A road is defined by Lord Hale to be an open passage of the sea, which, from the situation of the adjacent land, and its own depth and wideness, affords a secure place for the common riding and anchoring of vessels.
Roaring
A disease among horses occasioned by the circumstance of the neck of the windpipe being too narrow for accelerated respiration; the disorder is frequently produced by sore throat or other topical inflammation.
Robber
One who commits a robbery. One who feloniously and forcibly takes goods or money to any value from the person of another by violence or putting him, in fear.
Robbery
Crimes. The felonious and forcible taking from the person of another, goods or money to any value, by violence or putting him in fear.
Robinson-patman act
An amendment to the Clayton Act which deals with price discrimination.
Rod
Rogatory, letters
A kind of commission from a judge authorizing and requesting a judge of another jurisdiction to examine a witness.
Rogue
A French word, which in that language signifies proud, arrogant. In some of the ancient English statutes it means an idle, sturdy beggar, which is its meaning in law. Rogues are usually punished as vagrants. Although the word rogue is a word of reproach, yet to charge one as a rogue is not actionable.
Role d'equipage
The list of a ship's crew; the muster roll.
Roll
A schedule of parchment which may be turned up with the hand in the form of a pipe or tube.
Roman law
The law of ancient Rome, which is the source of the civil law. The term "Roman law" is sometimes applied loosely to refer to civil law generally.
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