Latin for Lawyers

RELEVANT, RELEVANCE, RELEVANCY

such as a cash settlement. To free a prisoner from confinement.The release of an expectancy is the assignment of an expectancy interest in property to the grantor or another heir. The court at a pre-trial hearing can release the accused on his own recognizance, i.e., his promise or assurance in lieu of bail that he will return and appear personally at the next hearing or trial of the charge against him. A document which is utilized to perfect a release is itself called a release , e.g., a general release of claims ; a release of mortgage ; a release of curtesy or dower , etc. RELEVANT, RELEVANCE, RELEVANCY [L. re + levare / to lift or raise up] To bear on or concern the matter at hand. Tending to prove or disprove a fact or issue requiring determination. Under the law of evidence, the court will admit as relevant any testimony or evidence which proves or disproves a fact at issue, or which tends to prove or disprove facts from which a reasonable inference relating to the issues can be drawn. RELICT A widow or widower. RELICTION [L. relinquo , relinquere / to leave behind] The action by which a body of water gradually and permanently recedes from the shore leaving land behind; the resultant change in the boundary line between two parcels of land washed by the same body of water. See ACCRETION RELIEF [L. re / again + levo, levare / to raise, lift, make lighter] The removal of a burden or oppression. A legal remedy; the order or judg ment of a court granting a remedy. Examples: injunctive relief, declaratory relief , etc. Assistance given to indigent persons by the state or federal govern ment. The help or redress sought by a party who intitiates an action. RELIEVE [L. relevare / to unburden] To free from an obligation or burden, as to relieve a suspect of the threat of indictment. To remove from office, as she was relieved of her duties as school principal. To help, aid, alleviate the pain or suffering of; mitigate the effect upon. RELIGIO SEQUITUR PATREM (OR MATREM) The religion of the child follows the religion of the father (or of the mother, as in Israel).

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