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RollA schedule of parchment which may be turned up with the hand in the form of a pipe or tube.
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Schedule
Practice. When an indictment is returned, from au inferior court in obedience to a writ of certiorari, the, statement of the previous proceedings sent with it, is termed the schedule.
Hand
"1) That part of the human body at the end of the arm. 2) Formerly the hand was considered as the symbol of good faith, and some contracts derive their names from the fact that the hand was used in making them; as handsale, mandatum which comes from ä manu datä. The hand is still used for various legal or forensic purposes. When a person is accused of a crime and he is arraigned, and he is asked to hold up his right hand; and when one is sworn as a witness, he is required to lay his right hand on the Bible, or to hold it up. 3) Hand is also the name of a measure of length used in ascertaining the height of horses. It is four inches long. 4) In a figurative sense, by hand is understood a particular form of writing; as if B writes a good hand. Various kinds of hand have been used, as, the secretary hand, the Roman hand, the court hand. Wills and contracts may be written in any of these, or any other which is intelligible.
Pipe
English laid. The name of a roll in the exchequer otherwise called the Great Roll. A measure containing two hogsheads; one hundred and twenty-six gallons is also called a pipe.
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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
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
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.
Rome convention
The "Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations", is probably the most important conventions on private international law, and applies to all nations of the European Union.(1980)
Rood of land
The fourth part of an acre.
Root
That part of a tree or plant under ground from which it draws most of its nourishment from the earth.
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Schedule
Practice. When an indictment is returned, from au inferior court in obedience to a writ of certiorari, the, statement of the previous proceedings sent with it, is termed the schedule.
Hand
"1) That part of the human body at the end of the arm. 2) Formerly the hand was considered as the symbol of good faith, and some contracts derive their names from the fact that the hand was used in making them; as handsale, mandatum which comes from ä manu datä. The hand is still used for various legal or forensic purposes. When a person is accused of a crime and he is arraigned, and he is asked to hold up his right hand; and when one is sworn as a witness, he is required to lay his right hand on the Bible, or to hold it up. 3) Hand is also the name of a measure of length used in ascertaining the height of horses. It is four inches long. 4) In a figurative sense, by hand is understood a particular form of writing; as if B writes a good hand. Various kinds of hand have been used, as, the secretary hand, the Roman hand, the court hand. Wills and contracts may be written in any of these, or any other which is intelligible.
Pipe
English laid. The name of a roll in the exchequer otherwise called the Great Roll. A measure containing two hogsheads; one hundred and twenty-six gallons is also called a pipe.
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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
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
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.
Rome convention
The "Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations", is probably the most important conventions on private international law, and applies to all nations of the European Union.(1980)
Rood of land
The fourth part of an acre.
Root
That part of a tree or plant under ground from which it draws most of its nourishment from the earth.
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