Category: R

In Scotch law. The right which the cautioner (surety) has to insist that the creditor shall do his best to compel the performance of the contract by the principal debtor, before he shall be called upon. 1 Bell, Comm. 347.

By the acts 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 15, and 5 & 0 Vict c. 45, the author of a play, opera, or musical composition, or his assignee, lias the sole right of representing or causing it to be represented in public at any place in the British dominions during the same period as tlie copyright in the work exists. The right Is distinct from the copyright, aud requires to be separately registered. Sweet.

In Scotch law. The right which each of several cautioners (sureties) has to refuse to answer for more than his own share of the debt To entitle the cautioner to this right the other cautioners must be solvent and there must be no words in the bond to exclude it. 1 Bell, Comm. 347.

The right given to borrowers where they can cancel a mortgage agreement within 3 days of signing the agreement.

a term that is used for a person’s right to the ownership and the possession of land.

In International law. The right of oue vessel, on the high seas, to stop a vessel of another nationality and examine her papers and (in some cases) her cargo. Thus, in time of war, a vessel of either belligerent has the right to search a neutral ship, encountered at sea, to ascertain whether the latter Is carrying contraband goods.

a term that applies to the right a person has to dwell in a certain place.

The right that is given to a person, who by speaking or answering may incriminate himself in the eyes of the law.

The right of an individual to move out from a owned or rented property.

A right of entry is the right of taking or resuming possession of land by entering on it in a peaceable manner.