Law Dictionary Definitions

recess (ree-ses), n.1. A brief break in judicial proceedings <the court granted a fifteen-minute recess so the attorney and plaintiff could confer>. Cf. CONTINUANCE(3). [Cases: Criminal Law 649; Trial 26.C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1155; Trial§ 113.] 2.Parliamentary law. A motion that suspends but does not end a meeting, and that usu. provides for resumption of…

receptus (ri-sep-t<<schwa>>s). [Latin “(a person) having been received”] Civil law. An arbitrator. • The term takes its name from the idea that the arbitrator is “received” by the parties to settle their dispute. [Blacks Law 8th]

  receptitious (ree-sep-tish-<<schwa>>s), adj. Roman law. 1. (Of a dowry) returnable by agreement to the donor upon the dissolution of the marriage. 2. (Of property) retained by the wife and not included in the dowry. [Blacks Law 8th]

reception. The adoption in whole or in part of the law of one jurisdiction by another jurisdiction. • In the legal idiom, it is most common to speak of the reception of Roman law. “In many parts of Europe monarchs encouraged a ‘reception’ of Roman law at the expense of medieval customary systems. On the…

receptator (ree-sep-tay-tor or -t<<schwa>>r). [Latin fr. receptare “to harbor (a criminal or the proceeds of crime)”] Scots law. 1. A harborer of a felon. 2. A receiver of stolen property. [Blacks Law 8th]

recens insecutio (ree-senz in-s<>-kyoo-shee-oh). [Latin “fresh pursuit”] Hist. Pursuit of a thief immediately after discovery of the theft. See FRESH PURSUIT . [Blacks Law 8th]

receiving stolen property.The criminal offense of acquiring or controlling property known to have been stolen by another person. • Some jurisdictions require the additional element of wrongful intent. In some jurisdictions it is a felony, but in others it is either a felony or a misdemeanor depending on the value of the property. See Model…

receiving state.See STATE. [Blacks Law 8th]

receiving order.See ORDER(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

receiving,n. See RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY. [Blacks Law 8th]