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responde book.Hist. Scots law. The chancellery’s record of all duties payable by heirs who obtained royal warrants for possession of the decedent’s lands. RESPONDENT respondent. 1. The party against whom an appeal is taken; APPELLEE. • In some appellate courts, the parties are designated as petitioner and respondent. In most appellate courts in the United…

respondeat superior (ri-spon-dee-at soo-peer-ee-<<schwa>>r or s<<schwa>>-peer-ee-or). [Law Latin “let the superior make answer”] Torts. The doctrine holding an employer or principal liable for the employee’s or agent’s wrongful acts committed within the scope of the employment or agency. — Also termed master–servant rule. See SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT. [Cases: Master and Servant 300, 315; Principal and…

respondeat ouster (ri-spon-dee-at ow-st<<schwa>>r). [Latin “let him make further answer”] An interlocutory judgment or order that a party who made a dilatory plea that has been denied must now plead on the merits. — Also termed judgment respondeat ouster. [Cases: Pleading 111.47.] “In case of felony, if the plea be held bad, the judgment is…

respite (res-pit), n.1. A period of temporary delay; an extension of time. 2. A temporary suspension of a death sentence; a reprieve. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 1798. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1547–1548, 1687.] 3. A delay granted to a jury or court for further consideration of a verdict or appeal. 4.Civil law. An agreement between…

RESPA (res-p<<schwa>>).abbr.REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

resort,n. Something that one turns to for aid or refuge <the court of last resort>. — resort,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

resolving clause.See CLAUSE. [Blacks Law 8th]

resolutory condition.See CONDITION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

resolutory (ri-zahl-y<<schwa>>-tor-ee), adj. Operating or serving to annul, dissolve, or terminate <a resolutory clause>.  [Blacks Law 8th]

resolutive condition.See resolutory condition under CONDITION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]