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Rooker–Feldman doctrine.The rule that a federal court cannot consider claims actually decided by a state court or claims inextricably intertwined with an earlier state-court judgment. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413, 415–16, 44 S.Ct. 149, 150 (1923); District of Columbia Ct. of App. v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 476, 103 S.Ct. 1303, 1311…

Rome Convention on Related Rights.Copyright. A 1961 treaty setting minimum standards for neighboring rights of performers, producers, and broadcasters. • The United States is not a signatory. Neighboring rights were not protected under the Paris Convention or the Berne Convention. They are part of the copyright protection under TRIPs. — Often shortened to Rome Convention.…

Rome Convention.See ROME CONVENTION ON RELATED RIGHTS. [Blacks Law 8th]

Rome Act.Copyright. A 1928 revision of the Berne Convention adding the moral rights of attribution and integrity to the minimum standards of protection that member nations must recognize, creating a compulsory license of recorded performances for radio broadcasting, and specifying that the term of protection for joint works must be measured from the death of…

Roman law.The legal system of the ancient Romans, forming the basis of the modern civil law; CIVIL LAW(1). “The Roman law is the body of rules that governed the social relations of many peoples in Europe, Asia, and Africa for some period between the earliest prehistoric times and 1453 A.D. This date should perhaps be…

Romanist,n. One who is versed in or practices Roman law; a Roman-law specialist. [Blacks Law 8th]

Romanesque law.See CIVIL LAW(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

Roman–Dutch law.A system of law in Holland from the mid-15th century to the early 19th century, based on a mixture of Germanic customary law and Roman law as interpreted in medieval and Renaissance lawbooks. • This law forms the basis of modern South African law, the law of several other countries in southern Africa, and…

rollover mortgage.See renegotiable-rate mortgage under MORTGAGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

rollover,n.1. The extension or renewal of a short-term loan; the refinancing of a maturing loan or note. 2. The transfer of funds (such as IRA funds) to a new investment of the same type, esp. so as to defer payment of taxes. [Cases: Internal Revenue 3587, 3594. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 206–208, 313, 319–326.] —…