Law Dictionary Definitions

remainderer. See REMAINDERMAN. [Blacks Law 8th]

  remainder bequest.See residuary bequest under BEQUEST. [Blacks Law 8th]

  remainder.Property. 1. A future interest arising in a third person — that is, someone other than the estate’s creator, its initial holder, or the heirs of either — who is intended to take after the natural termination of the preceding estate. • For example, if a grant is “to A for life, and then…

  rem. See IN REM. [Blacks Law 8th]

  relocation. 1. Removal and establishment of someone or something in a new place. 2.Mining law. Appropriation of a new tract of land for a mining claim, as by an owner who wishes to change the boundaries of the original tract or by a stranger who wishes to claim an abandoned or forfeited tract. [Cases:…

  relocatio (ree-loh-kay-shee-oh). [Latin] Civil law. The renewal of a lease; RECONDUCTION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

relitigate,vb. To litigate (a case or matter) again or anew <relitigate the issue in federal court>. — relitigation,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

reliqua (rel-<<schwa>>-kw<<schwa>>). [Latin] Civil law. The remainder of a debt after balancing or liquidating an account; money left unpaid. [Blacks Law 8th]

  relinquishment,n. The abandonment of a right or thing. — relinquish,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

  Religious Test Clause.The clause of the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the use of a religious test as a qualification to serve in any office or public trust. U.S. Const. art. VI, par. 3, cl. 2. — Also termed No Religious Test Clause. [Blacks Law 8th]