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rescue,n.1. The act or an instance of saving or freeing someone from danger or captivity. 2. The forcible and unlawful freeing of a person from arrest or imprisonment. — Also termed rescous. [Cases: Rescue 1. C.J.S. Escape §§ 28–31, 33.] “A rescue signifies a forcible setting at liberty, against law, of a person duly arrested.…

  rescript (ree-skript), n.1. A judge’s written order to a court clerk explaining how to dispose of a case. 2. An appellate court’s written decision, usu. unsigned, that is sent down to the trial court. [Cases: Appeal and Error 1196, 1207; Criminal Law 1192; Federal Courts 949. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 978, 994.] 3.…

rescous (res-k<<schwa>>s).1.RESCUE(2).2.RESCUE(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

res corporales (rays kor-p<<schwa>>-ray-leez), n. pl.[Latin] Civil law. Corporeal things; tangible things that are perceptible to the senses. La. Civ. Code art. 461. See corporeal thing under THING. [Blacks Law 8th]

res coronae (rays k<<schwa>>-roh-nee), n. pl. [Latin] Hist. Things of the Crown, such as ancient manors, homages of the king, and liberties. [Blacks Law 8th]

res controversa (rays kon-tr<<schwa>>-v<<schwa>>r-s<<schwa>>). [Latin] Civil law. A matter in controversy; a point in question. Pl. res controversae. [Blacks Law 8th]

res communes (rays k<<schwa>>-myoo-neez), n. pl.[Latin “common things”] Civil law. Things common to all; things that cannot be owned or appropriated, such as light, air, and the sea. La. Civ. Code art. 449. [Blacks Law 8th]

  rescissory damages.See DAMAGES. [Blacks Law 8th]

rescissory action.See ACTION(4). [Blacks Law 8th]

  rescission (ri-sizh-<<schwa>>n), n.1. A party’s unilateral unmaking of a contract for a legally sufficient reason, such as the other party’s material breach, or a judgment rescinding the contract; VOIDANCE. • Rescission is generally available as a remedy or defense for a nondefaulting party and is accompanied by restitution of any partial performance, thus restoring…