Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

REGISTRAR An official recorder or keeper of public or corporate records. See REGISTER REGISTRATION [L. regerere / to collect, record]

The act of entering or inscribing data or information in a public record or reg ister. The act of compiling an official list of similar or related data, e.g., a list of eligible voters. The act of complying with the requirements for entry or admission into a group, e.g., enrollment in a class or school. The act of a cor poration or a government agency in recording the names of its bondholders and stockholders and of the purchase and transfers of securities by them. A registration statement is the document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by every company wishing to offer securities for sale to the pub lic, detailing the financial condition of the company, describing its officers and directors, and offering other relevant material necessary to a decision by the public whether or not to subscribe for the securities. REGISTRY The place where official public records are kept, e.g., the registry of deeds . See REGISTER REGRESS, REGRESSIVE [L. regradior, regredi / to go back, return, retreat] To revert or go back to a less desirable state; to worsen or diminish. A regres sive tax is one in which the rate of taxation decreases inversely with the level of income, i.e., as the level of income rises, the tax rate falls; it is a tax which falls disproportionately on the less wealthy. REGULA GENERALIS [L. regula / a straight line, a ruler; a rule or model + generalis / universal, general] A general rule of the judiciary to regulate the conduct of litigation and the practice of lawyers and litigants. Abbreviated as Reg. Gen . REGULAR [L. regula / a straight line, a ruler; a rule] Conforming to a law, rule, model, custom or pattern; orderly, methodical. Adhering to a fixed schedule or procedure; unvarying, normal, routine. Used by lawyers to indicate that an act or practice conforms to the norm or that it is designated to happen at stated intervals. Examples: an act in the regular course of business is a commercial transaction executed in the usual manner of a particular business; books and records maintained in the regular course by a person with knowledge of the usual transactions of a business may be admitted into evidence as an exception to the hearsay rule. A regular place of business is a location at which a business functions permanently, not tempo rarily or for a special and limited purpose. Other examples: regular business

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