Category: R

An abolished writ which lay for tenants in ancient demesne, and others of a similar nature, to try the right of their lands and tenements in the court of the lord exclusively. 1 Steph. Comm. 224.

This is a phrase frequently used in place of chose in action, and having an identical meaning.

See RECTUS IN CURIA.

A shareholder in a mutual fund’s right to count shares that exist along with newly purchased shares in determining the fee for charged by the fund which is less for high volume of purchases.

In English law. The offense of riding or going armed with dan- gerous or unusual weapons is a misdemeanor tending to disturb the public peace by terrifying the good people of the land. 4 Steph. Comm. 357.

These are the rights that consist of. 1. A right to due process. 2. The right to an attorney. 3. the right to equal protection under the law. 4. The right to a fair, speedy and impartial trial.

In English law. One of the six clerks in chancery who, in liis turn for one year, kept the controluient books of all grants that passed the great seal. The six clerks were superseded by the clerks of records and writs.

The right to bring suit; a legal right to maintain an action, growing out of a given transaction or state of facts and based thereon. Hibbard v. Clark, 56 N. H. 155, 22 Am. Rep. 442; Webster v. County Com’rs, 63 Me. 29. By the old writers, “right of action” is commonly used to denote that a person has lost a right of entry, and has nothing but a right of action left. Co. Litt. 3636.

(corrupted from trithinps.) Tlie names of the parts or divisions of York- shire, which, of course, are three only, viz., East hiding. North Riding, and West Riding.

the right to appeal to a higher court for a review of a lower court’s judgement.