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Rogatory, letters
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Rogatory, lettersA kind of commission from a judge authorizing and requesting a judge of another jurisdiction to examine a witness.
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Commission
1) Contracts, civil law. When one undertakes, without reward, to do something for another in respect to a thing bailed. This term is frequently used synonymously with mandate. 2) Criminal law. The act of perpetrating an offence. 3) Office. Persons authorized to act in a certain matter. 4) practice. An instrument issued by a court of, justice, or other competent tribunal, to authorize a person to take depositions, or do any other act by authority of such court, or tribunal, is called a commission. 5) Government. Letters-patent granted by the government, under the public seal, to a person appointed to an office, giving him authority to perform the duties of his office.
Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Witness
The regular definition of this word is a person who perceives an event (by seeing, hearing, smelling or other sensory perception). The legal definition refers to the court-supervised recital of that sensory experience, in writing (deposition) or verbally (testimony).
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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
A measure sixteen feet and a half long; a perch.
Rogatory, letters
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.
Roman-dutch law
The uncodified civil law of South Africa, which has been strongly influenced by common law.
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Commission
1) Contracts, civil law. When one undertakes, without reward, to do something for another in respect to a thing bailed. This term is frequently used synonymously with mandate. 2) Criminal law. The act of perpetrating an offence. 3) Office. Persons authorized to act in a certain matter. 4) practice. An instrument issued by a court of, justice, or other competent tribunal, to authorize a person to take depositions, or do any other act by authority of such court, or tribunal, is called a commission. 5) Government. Letters-patent granted by the government, under the public seal, to a person appointed to an office, giving him authority to perform the duties of his office.
Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Witness
The regular definition of this word is a person who perceives an event (by seeing, hearing, smelling or other sensory perception). The legal definition refers to the court-supervised recital of that sensory experience, in writing (deposition) or verbally (testimony).
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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
A measure sixteen feet and a half long; a perch.
Rogatory, letters
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.
Roman-dutch law
The uncodified civil law of South Africa, which has been strongly influenced by common law.
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