Legal Maxim
Retainer - Act of the client in employing the attorney or counsel, and also denotes the fee which the client pays when he or she retains the attorney to act for them.
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Return - A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an arrest or search warrant. Also, a report to a judge in reply to a subpoena, civil or criminal.
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Reverse - An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.
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Reversible error - A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.
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Revocable trust - A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.
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Revoke - To cancel or nullify a legal document.
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Right of way - The right of a party to pass over the land of another.
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Robinson-Patman Act - An amendment to the Clayton Act which deals with price discrimination.
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Robbery - Felonious taking of another's property, from his or her person or immediate presence and against his or her will, by means of force or fear.
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Rules - Established standards, guides, or regulations set up by authority.
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Rules of evidence - Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
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Search warrant - A written order issued by a judge that directs a law enforcement officer to search a specific area for a particular piece of evidence.
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Seal - To mark a document with a seal; to authenticate or make binding by affixing a seal. Court seal, corporate seal.
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Sealing - The closure of court records to inspection, except to the parties.
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Secondary authority - Legal encyclopedias, treatises, legal texts, law review articles, and citators. Writings which set forth the opinion of the writer as to the law.
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Source: Jurist International.
