Law Dictionary Definitions

ravishment,n. Archaic. 1. Forcible seizure and carrying off of another person (esp. a woman); ABDUCTION. 2.RAPE(1). • In this sense the term is widely considered inappropriate for modern usage, given its romantic connotations (in other contexts) of ecstasy and delight. In the Restatement (First) of Torts § 65a, the word was defined as including not…

rattening (rat-ning).Hist. The practice of taking away tools, destroying machinery, and the like in an attempt either to compel a worker to join a union or to enforce a company’s compliance with union rules. • Rattening was formerly a common labor-union tactic in England, and it was a criminal offense. [Blacks Law 8th]

ratio scripta (ray-shee-oh skrip-t<<schwa>>). [Latin] Roman law. Written reason. [Blacks Law 8th]

ratio scientiae (ray-shee-oh sI-en-shee-ee). [Law Latin] Hist. The ground of knowledge; esp., the basis for a witness’s testimony. [Blacks Law 8th]

ratio pertinens.A pertinent reason (for a question). [Blacks Law 8th]

rationes (ray-shee-oh-neez or rash-ee-oh-neez), n.[Latin “reasons”] Hist. The pleadings in a suit. [Blacks Law 8th]

ratione (ray-shee-oh-nee or rash-ee-oh-nee). [Latin] By reason; on account. ratione bonorum (b<<schwa>>-nor-<<schwa>>m). By reason of property. ratione causae (kaw-zee). By reason of the nature of the case. ratione contractus (k<<schwa>>n-trak-t<<schwa>>s). By reason of the contract. “By entering into a contract, the contracting parties may … render themselves amenable to the jurisdiction of a judge to…

rational-relationship test.See RATIONAL-BASIS TEST. [Blacks Law 8th]

rational-purpose test.See RATIONAL-BASIS TEST. [Blacks Law 8th]

rational interpretation.See logical interpretation under INTERPRETATION. [Blacks Law 8th]