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11. Resisting Arrest
the knowing and physical resistance to a lawful arrest
12. Rescind
To abrogate or cancel a contract putting the parties in the same position they
would have been in had there been no contract.
13. Res Gestae
Latin, things done. Used mostly in criminal
cases to allow hearsay if the alleged statement is overheard during the
excitement of the litigated event.
15. Religious Test
a clause in the US Constitution that prevents unethical alliance between church
and state or a general favoring of any specific religious
belief
16. Repeal
to remove or revoke; the redacting or obliteration of law by the introduction of
new law or the implied removal by additional statute
18. Refugee
A person who is outside his state of origin or
of residence who cannot return without exposure to human-rights related
persecution.
20. Rependum
The formal name of the part of a lease which sets out the amount of rent and when
it is due.
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