Tag: RU

  • Rules

    English Law: Rules in the Past The rules of the King’s Bench and Fleet are certain limits without the actual walls of the prisons, where the prisoner, on proper security earlierly given to the marshal of the king’s bench or warden of the fleet, may reside; those limits are considered, for all […]

  • Rule

    Definition of The Thin Skull Rule This is sometimes known as the eggshell skull rule. Concept of Rule The following is an old definition of Rule [1], a term which has several meanings:1, (verb) (1) To hold, lay down, decide: as, to rule testimony admissible as evidence, to rule on a […]

  • Rush-bagot Agreement

    Summary of RUSH-BAGOT AGREEMENT: (1817) In relation to the legal history of the United States and the United Kingdom: This agreement was between the United States and Great Britain concerning the Canadian border. The agreement dealt with the disarmament of forces on the boundary by limiting […]

  • Rumor

    Meaning of Rumor The following is an old definition of Rumor [1]: Popular report. In England, and in some of the States, it has been held that in an action of slander, under the general issue, the defendant may prove, in mitigation of damages, that when the words were uttered a general rumor […]

  • Ruth Ellis

    Ruth Ellis History The last woman to receive the death penalty in the United Kingdom. She was convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely, and was hanged at Holloway Prison in London in 1955.

  • Ruth Ellis

    Ruth Ellis History The last woman to receive the death penalty in the United Kingdom. She was convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely, and was hanged at Holloway Prison in London in 1955.

  • Running-Down Clause

    Definition of Running-Down Clause In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Running-Down Clause : (collision clause, running-down clause) A clause in a marine insurance policy binding the underwriters to indemnify the insured in respect of any damages in tort he […]

  • Russia

    Resources See Also Further Reading Russia in the Encyclopedia of Britain Russia in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Russia in the Halsbury's Laws of England Russia in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Russia in the Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law […]