KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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RAZE

RATIFICATION

RATIONALIBUS DIVISIS. An abol ished writ which lay where two lords, in divers towns, had seigniories adjoining, for him who found his waste by little and little to have been encroached upon, against the other, who had encroached, thereby to recti fy their bounds. Cowell. On account of inability. A ground of qualified property in some animals ferw natures; as in the young ones, while they are unable to fly or run. 2 Bl. Comm. 3, 4. RATIONE MATERL2E. Lat By reason of the matter involved; in consequence of, or from the nature of, the subject-matter. By rea son of the person concerned; from the char acter of the person. This term describes a species of property in wild animals, which consists in the right which, by a peculiar franchise anciently granted bj the English crown, by virtue of its preroga tive, one man may have of killing and tak ing such animals on the land of another. 106 E. O. L. 870. RATIONE SOLI. Lat. On account of the soil; with reference to the soil. Said to be the ground of ownership in bees. 2 Bl. Comm. 393. RATIONE TENURE. L. Lat By rea son of tenure; as a consequence of tenure. 3 Bl. Comm. 230. RATIONES. In old law. The pleadings in a suit Rationes exercere, or ad ratione* stare, to plead. RATTENING is where the members of a trade union cause the tools, clothes, or oth er property of a workman to be taken away or hidden, in order to compel him to join the union or cease working. It is, in England, an offense punishable by fine or imprison ment. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 86, § 7. -Sweet A material word in indictments for rape. Whart Crim. Law, S 401. RAVISHMENT. In criminal law. An unlawful taking of a woman, or of an heir In ward. Rape. —Ravishment de gard. L. Fr. An abolish ed writ which lay for a guardian by knight's service or in socage, against a person who took from him the body of his ward. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 140; 12 Car. II. c. 3.—Ravishment of ward. In English law. The marriage of an infant ward without the consent of the guardi an. RATIONS IMPOTENTUS. Lat. RATIONE PERSONS. Lat RATIONE PRIVILEGII. Lat RAVISHED. In criminal practice.

Comm. 237; Norton v. Shelby County, 118 U. S. 425, 6 Sup. Ct 1121, 30 L. Ed. 178; Gal lup v. Pox, 64 Conn. 491, 30 Atl. 756; Reid v. Field, 83 Va. 26, 1 S. E. 395; Ballard v. Nye, 138 Cal. 588, 72 Pac. 156; Ansonia v. Cooper, 64 Conn. 536, 30 Atl. 760; Smyth v. Lynch, 7 Colo. App. 383, 43 Pac 670. This is where a person adopts a contract or other transaction which is not binding on him, because it was entered into by an un authorized agent or the like. Leake, Cont. 268. Confirmation, agreement, consent, approbation of a con tract Saltmarsh v. Candla, 51 N. H. 76. seqniparatur. Ratification is equivalent to express com mand. Dig. 46, 3, 12, 4; Broom, Max. 867; Palmer v. Yates, 3 Sandf. (N. Y.) 151. degree. Reason, or understanding. Also a cause, or giving judgment therein. —Ratio decidendi. The ground of decision. The point in a case which determines the judg ment.—Ratio legis. The reason or occasion of a law; the occasion of making a law. Bl. Law Tracts, 3. RATIHABITIO. Lat Ratihabitio mandato RATIO. Rate; proportion; Ratio est legis anima; mutata legis ratione mutatur et lex. 7 Coke, 7. Rea son is the soul of law; the reason of law being changed, the law is also changed. Ratio est radius divini lnminis. Co. Litt 232. Reason is a ray of the divine light Ratio et anctoritas, duo clarissima mundi lamina. 4 Inst. 320. Reason and authority, the two brightest lights of the world. Jenk. Cent 45. The reason of law is the soul of law. Ratio potest allegari denciente lege; sed ratio vera et legalis, et non appa rens. Co. Litt. 191. Reason may be alleg ed when law is defective; but it must be true and legal reason, and not merely ap parent. Ratio legis est anima legis. Ratio est formalis causa consuetndi nis. Reason is the formal cause of custom.

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Latin phrase equivalent to "alimony."

RATIONABHiI PARTE BONOBUM. A writ that lay for the wife against k the ex ecutors of her husband, to have the third part of his goods after his just debts and funeral expenses had been paid. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 122.

RAZE. To erase. 3 How. State Tr. 156.