Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

REPUTATION

1027 RERUM PROGRESSUS, ETC.

estate, are of the same origin, and virtually synony mous. 8 Hun, 300. In pleading. The statement in the plain tiff's declaration that the particular payment or performance, the failure of which consti tutes the cause of action, was duly requested or demanded of the defendant. REQUEST, LETTERS OP. In En glish law. Many suits are brought before the Dean of the Arches as original judge, the cognizance of which properly belongs to in ferior jurisdictions within the province, but in respect of which the inferior judge has waived his jurisdiction under a certain form of proceeding known in the canon law by the denomination of "letters of request." 8 Steph. Comm. 306. REQUEST NOTE. In English law. A note requesting permission to remove duti able goods from one place to another with out paying the excise. REQUESTS, COURTS OP. SeeCouRi* OF REQUESTS. REQUISITION. A demand in writing, or formal request or requirement. In international law. The formal de mand by one government upon another, or by the governor of one of the United States upon the governor of a sister state, of the surrender of a fugitive criminal. In Scotch law. A demand made by a creditor that a debt be paid or an obligation fulfilled. Bell. REQUISITIONS ON TITLE, in En glish conveyancing, are written inquiries made by the solicitor of an intending pur chaser of land, or of any estate or interest therein, and addressed to the vendor's so« licitor, in respect of some apparent insuffi ciency in the abstract of title. Mozley & Whitley. REREPIEPS. In Scotch law. Inferioi fiefs; portions of a fief or feud granted out to inferior tenants. 2 Bl. Comm. 57. Rerum ordo confunditur si unicui que jurisdictio non servetur. 4 Inst. Prooem. The order of things is confounded if every one preserve not his jurisdiction. Rerum progressus ostendunt multa, quse in Initio prsecaveri seu prsevideri non possunt. 6 Coke, 40. The progress of events shows many things which, at the be ginning, could not be guarded against oi foreseen.

ion arising among foolish and ignorant men, without any appearance of truth. 4 Coke, 107. REPUTATION. A person's credit, honor, character, good name. Injuries to one's reputation, which is a personal right, are defamatory and malicious words, libels, and malicious indictments or prosecutions. Reputation of a person is the estimate in which he is held by the public in the place where he is known. 1 Denio, 347. In the law of evidence, matters of public and general interest, such as the boundaries of counties or towns, rights of common, claims of highway, etc., are allowed to be proved by general reputation; e. g., by the declaration of deceased persons made ante litem motam, by old documents, etc., not withstanding the general rule against sec ondary evidence. Best, Ev. 632. REPUTED. Accepted by general, vul gar, or public opinion. Thus, land may be reputed part of a manor, though not really so, and a certain district may be reputed a parish or a manor, or be a parish or a manor in reputation, although it is in reality no parish or manor at all. Brown. REPUTED MANOR. Whenever the demesne lands and the services become ab solutely separated, the manor ceases to be a manor in reality, although it may (and us ually does) continue to be a manor in repu tation, and is then called a " reputed manor," and it is also sometimes called a "seigniory in gross." Brown. REPUTED OWNER. He who has the general credit or reputation of being the owner or proprietor of goods is said to be the reputed owner. This phrase is chiefly used in English bankruptcy practice, where the bankrupt is styled the "reputed owner" of goods lawfully in his possession, though the real owner may be another person. The word "reputed" has a much weaker sense than its derivation would appear to warrant; im porting merely a supposition or opinion derived or made up from outward appearances, and often un supported by fact. The term "reputed owner" is frequently employed in this sense. 2 Steph. Comm. 206. REQUEST. An asking or petition; the expression of a desire to some person for something to be granted or done; particu larly lor the payment of a debt or perform ance of a contract. The two words, " request" and " require," as used in notices to creditors to present claims against an

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