Remissius imperanti melius paretur. A man commanding not too strictly is better obeyed. Inst. 233.
Remoto impediment°, emcrgit actin. The impedi ment being removed, the action arises. 5 Co. Wing. Max. 20.
Rent must be reserved to hien from whom the state of the land moveth. Co. Litt. 143.
Revellitur a sacramento infamis. An infamous person is repelled or prtvented from taking aa oath. Co. Litt. 158; Bract. 185.
Repellitur exeeptione cedendarum actionum. He is defeated by the plea that the actions have been. assigned.
Reprobata petunia liberat solventem. Money re fused releases the debtors 9 Co. 79. But this must be understood with a qualification. See TENDER. Reputatio est vilgaris opinio ubi non est veritas. Reputation is a common opinion where there is certain knowledge. 4 Co. 107. But see CHARACTER..
Rerum ordo confunditur, si unicuique jurisdietio non servatur. The order of things is confounded if every one preserves not his jurisdiction. 4 Inst. Proem.
Reruns progressu ostendunt multa, quce in initio yrcecaveri seu provider% non possunt. In the course of events many mischiefs arise which at the begin ning could not be guarded against or foreseen. 6 Co. 40.
Rerum suarum quilibet est moderator at arbiter. Every one is the manager and disposer of his own matters. Co. Litt. 223.
Res accendent lumina rebus. One thing throws light upon others. 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 149.
Res accessoria sequitur rem principalem. An ac cessory follows its principal. Broom, Max. 491. (For a definition of res accessoria, see Mack. Civ. Law 155.) Res denominator a principaliori parte. A thing is named from its principal part. 5 Co. 47.
Res est misers ubi jus est vagum et incertum. It is a miserable state of things where the law is vague and uncertain. 2 Salk. 512.
Res generalem habet significationem, quits tam corporea, quam incorporea, cujuscunque suet gen ens natures sive speciei, comprehendit. The word things has a general signification, because it com prehends as well corporeal as incorporeal objects, of whatever sort, nature, or species. 3 Inst. 482 ; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 415.
Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet.
Things done between strangers ought not to injure those who are not parties to them. Co. Litt. 132 ; Broom, Max. 954, 967 ; 11 Q. B. 1028 ; 67 N. 11. 369 ; Freem. Judg. § 154.
Res inter alios judicatce nullum aliis prmjud4cium, faciunt. Matters adjudged in a cause do not prej udice those who were not parties to it. Dig. 44. 2. 1. Res ipsa loquitur. See RES IPSA LOQUITIIR.
Res judicata Tacit ex albo nigrum, ex nigro album, ex curve rectum, ex recto curvum. A thing ad judged makes white, black ; black, white ; the crooked, straight ; the straight, crooked. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 840.
Res judicata pro veritate accipitur. A thing ad judged must be taken for truth. Dig. 60. 17. 207 ; Co. Litt. 103 ; Broom, Max. 328, 333, 945 ; 2 Kent 120 ; 13 M. & W. 679 ; 59 Pa. 68. See RES JITDICATA.
Res nulltus naturaliter fit prim% occupantis. A thing which has no owner naturally belongs to the first finder. See Fusnsm.
Res per pecuniam seatimatur, at non pecunia per res. The value of a thing is estimated by its worth in money, and the value of money is not estimated by reference to things. 9 Co. 76.
Res periit domino sun. The destruction of the thing is the loss of its owner. Hare, Contr. 88 ; Story, Bailin. 426 ; 2 Kent 591 ;' Broom, Max. 238; 14 Allen (Mass.) 269. This maxim is said to be quoted chiefly in cases to which it did not apply in the Roman Law; 9 Harv. L. Rev. 106. See RES