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Right, Writ of

Right, Writ of [breve de recto, Lat.], a procedure for the recovery of real property after not more than sixty years' adverse possession; the highest writ in the law, sometimes called the writ of right proper. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27; last used in 1835 in Davies v. Lowndes, (1835) 1 Bing NC 597....


right-to-know

right-to-know : of, relating to, or being a law requiring businesses (as chemical manufacturers) producing or importing hazardous substances to provide information about the substances to the community and inform and train employees who handle it ...


right-to-work

right-to-work : of, relating to, or being a law prohibiting labor agreements that require all employees to be union members ...


right-wrong test

right-wrong test : m'naghten test ...


rights arbitration

rights arbitration see arbitration ...


Rights in relation to an estate

Rights in relation to an estate, the expression 'rights in relation to an estate' would include any right or privileges in respect of land revenue, Gangadharrao Narayanrao Mujmudar v. State of Bombay, AIR 1961 SC 288: (1961) 1 SCR 943....


Rights, Bill of

Rights, Bill of. See BILL OF RIGHTS....



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