Law Dictionary Definitions

recto de rationabili parte.See DE RECTO DE RATIONABILI PARTE. [Blacks Law 8th]

recto de advocatione.See DE RECTO DE ADVOCATIONE. [Blacks Law 8th]

rectitudo (rek-t<<schwa>>-t[y]oo-doh). [Law Latin] A right or legal due; a tribute or payment. [Blacks Law 8th]

rectification of register.Hist. A process by which a person whose name was wrongly entered in or omitted from a record can compel the recorder to correct the error. [Blacks Law 8th]

rectification of boundaries.Hist. An action to determine or correct the boundaries between two adjoining pieces of land. [Cases: Boundaries 27. C.J.S. Boundaries § 107.] [Blacks Law 8th]

rectification (rek-t<<schwa>>-fi-kay-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1. A court’s equitable correction of a contractual term that is misstated; the judicial alteration of a written contract to make it conform to the true intention of the parties when, in its original form, it did not reflect this intention. • As an equitable remedy, the court alters the terms as written…

recta gubernatio (rek-t<<schwa>> g[y]oo-b<<schwa>>r-nay-shee-oh), n.[Latin “right government”] A government in which the highest power, however strong and unified, is neither arbitrary nor irresponsible, and derives from a law that is superior to itself. — Also termed legitima gubernatio. [Blacks Law 8th]

recross-examination. A second cross-examination, after redirect examination. — Often shortened to recross. See CROSS-EXAMINATION. [Cases: Witnesses 291. C.J.S. Witnesses § 511.] [Blacks Law 8th]

recrimination (ri-krim-i-nay-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1.Family law. Archaic. In a divorce suit, a countercharge that the complainant has been guilty of an offense constituting a ground for divorce. When both parties to the marriage have committed marital misconduct that would be grounds for divorce, neither may obtain a fault divorce. Recriminations are now virtually obsolete because of the…

recovery. 1. The regaining or restoration of something lost or taken away. 2. The obtainment of a right to something (esp. damages) by a judgment or decree. 3. An amount awarded in or collected from a judgment or decree. double recovery. 1. A judgment that erroneously awards damages twice for the same loss, based on…