Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

ROMNEY MARSH.

ROY N'EST LIE, ETC.

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ROMNEY MARSH. A tract of land In the county of Kent, England, containing twenty-four thousand acres, governed by cer tain ancient and equitable laws of sewers, composed by Henry de Bathe, a venerable judge in the reign of king Henry III.; from which laws all commissioners of sewers in England may receive light and direction. 3 Bl. Com in. 73, note t; 4 Inst. 276. ROOD OP LAND. The fourth part of an acre in square measure, or one thousand two hundred and ten square yards. ROOT. The under-ground portion of a tree or plant, which serves to support and nourish it. ROOT OF DESCENT. The same as "stock of descent." ROOT OF TITLE. The document with which an abstract of title properly commences is called the "root" of the title. Sweet. ROS. A kind of rushes, which some ten ants were obliged by their tenure to furnish their lords withal. Cowell. ROSLAND. Heathy ground, or ground full of ling; also watery and moorish land. 1 Inst. 5. ROSTER. A list of persons who are to perform certain legal duties when called upon in their turn. In military affairs it is a table or" plan by which the duty of officers is regu lated. ROTA. L. Lat. Succession; rotation. u Rota of presentations;" " rota of the terms." 2 W. Bl. 772, 773. The name of two ancient courts, one held at Rome and the other at Genoa. ROTA. Span. In Spanish law. Oblit erated. White, New Becop. b. 3, tit. 7, c. 5, §2. ROTHER-BEASTS. A term which in cludes oxen, cows, steeis, heifers, and such like horned animals. Cowell. ROTTEN BOROUGHS. Small bor oughs in England, which prior to the reform act, 1832, returned one or more members to parliament. ROTTEN CLAUSE. A clause some times inserted in policies of marine insurance, to the effect that "if, on a regular survey, the ship shall be declared unseaworthy by reason of being rotten or unsound," the insurers shall be discharged. 1 Phil. Ins. § 849.

ROTULUS WINTONLS3. The roll of Winton. An exact survey of all England, made by Alfred, not unlike that of Domes day; and it was so called because it was kept at Winchester, among other records of the kingdom; but this roll time has destroyed. Ingulph. Hist. 516. ROTURE. Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenure without the privilege of nobility; the tenure of a free commoner. ROTURIER. Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenant of land on serv ices exigible either in money or in kind. Steph. Lect. 229. A free commoner; one who held of a superior, but could have no inferior below him. ROUND-ROBIN. A circle divided from the center, like Arthur's round table, whence its supposed origin. In each compartment is a signature, so that the entire circle, when filled, exhibits a list, without priority being given to any name. A common form of round-robin is simply to write the names in a circular form. Wharton. ROUP. In Scotch law. A sale by auc tion. Bell. ROUT. A rout is an unlawful assembly which has made a motion towards the execu tion of the common purpose of the persons as sembled. It is, therefore, between an un lawful assembly and a riot. Steph. Crim. Dig. 41. Whenever two or more persons, assembled and acting together, make any attempt or advance toward the commission of an act which would be a riot if actually committed, such assembly is a rout. Pen. Code Cal. §406. ROUTE. Fr. In French insurance law. The way that is taken to make the voyage insured. The direction of the voyage as sured. ROUTOUSLY. In pleading. A technic al word in indictments, generally coupled with the word "riotously." 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 488. ROY. L. Fr. The king. Roy est l'original de touts franchise*. Keilvv. 138. The king is the origin of all franchises. Roy n'est lie per ascun statute si i] ne soit expressment nosme. The king is

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