Law Dictionary Definitions

RAR.abbr.REVENUE AGENT’S REPORT. [Blacks Law 8th]

rapuit (rap-yoo-it). [Latin] Hist. Ravished. • The term was formerly used in indictments for rape. See RAVISHMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

raptu virginum (rap-t[y]oo v<<schwa>>r-ji-n<<schwa>>m). See DE RAPTU VIRGINUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

rapture.Archaic. 1. Forcible seizure and carrying off of another person (esp. a woman); abduction. 2.RAPE(1). See RAPUIT. [Blacks Law 8th]

raptu haeredis (rap-t[y]oo h<<schwa>>-ree-dis), n.[Latin] Hist. A writ for taking away an heir held in socage. See SOCAGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

rap sheet.Slang. A person’s criminal record. [Blacks Law 8th]

rapprochement (ra-prosh-mahn). The establishment or restoration of cordial relations between two or more nations. — Also spelled rapprochment. [Blacks Law 8th]

rapporteur (ra-por-tuuror -t<<schwa>>r), n.[French] An official who makes a report of committee proceedings for a larger body (esp. a legislature). [Blacks Law 8th]

rapport à succession (ra-por ah sook-ses-syawn), n.[French “return to succession”] Civil law. The restoration to an estate of property that an heir received in advance from the decedent, so that an even distribution may be made among all the heirs. Cf. HOTCHPOT. [Blacks Law 8th]

rapine (rap-in).1. Forcible seizure and carrying off of another’s property; pillage or plunder. 2.Archaic. Rape. [Blacks Law 8th]