Law Dictionary Definitions

running-down clause.Marine insurance. A provision for the hull insurer’s paying a proportion of the damages sustained by the other vessel in a collision. [Blacks Law 8th]

running account.See ACCOUNT. [Blacks Law 8th]

runner. 1. A law-office employee who delivers papers between offices and files papers in court. 2. One who solicits personal-injury cases for a lawyer. — Also termed capper. 3. A smuggler. 4.BrE. Slang. An escape; flight (from something); a voluntary disappearance. [Blacks Law 8th]

runaway grand jury.See GRAND JURY. [Blacks Law 8th]

runaway. A person (usu. a juvenile) who has fled from the custody of legal guardians without permission and who has failed to return within a reasonable time; esp., an unemancipated minor who has left home, usu. indefinitely. Cf. THROWAWAY. — run away,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

run,vb.1. To expire after a prescribed period <the statute of limitations had run, so the plaintiff’s lawsuit was barred>.2. To accompany a conveyance or assignment of (land) <the covenant runs with the land>. [Cases: Covenants 53–84. C.J.S. Covenants §§ 6, 25–37.] 3. To apply < the injunction runs against only one of the parties in…

RULPA.abbr.Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act. See UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT . [Blacks Law 8th]

ruling letter.See DETERMINATION LETTER. [Blacks Law 8th] [Blacks Law 8th]

ruling case.See LEADING CASE(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

ruling,n.1. The outcome of a court’s decision either on some point of law or on the case as a whole. — Also termed legal ruling. Cf. JUDGMENT(1); OPINION(1). [Cases: Courts 88. C.J.S. Courts § 139; Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition § 187.] “A distinction is sometimes made between rules and rulings. Whether or not a…