Difference between revisions of "Terminology"

;real property:A parcel of land and the buildings on that land. See "chattel," "ownership," and "possession."

;reapportion:In family law, the division of family property or family debt unequally between spouses. See "apportion," "family debt," and "family property."

;registry:A central office, located in each judicial district, at which the court files for each court proceeding in that district are maintained, and at which legal documents can be filed, searched and reviewed. A courthouse.

;regulations:A kind of lesser legislation that provides supplemental rules to a particular act. Regulations are created and amended by the government, not by the legislature, and as a result the legislature has no say as to what sort of regulations are imposed or input into the effect of those regulations. See "act."

;rehearing:A reconsideration or retrial of a court proceeding or an application, sometimes based on the evidence which was presented at the first hearing or trial, sometimes based on new evidence. See "action," "application," "de novo," and "hearing."  

;release:In family law, a legal document in which a person gives up a right or a claim, or the entitlement to enforce a right or advance a claim. Releases are usually signed following the settlement of a court proceeding or legal dispute. See "action" and "claim."

;relief:In law, an order sought by a party to a court proceeding or application, usually as described in his or her pleadings. Where more than one order or type of order is sought, each order sought is called a "head of relief." See "action," "application," and "pleadings."

;reply:In law, an answer or rebuttal to a claim made or a defence raised by the other party to court proceeding or legal dispute. See "action," "claim," "defence," and "rebut."

;residence:The geographic place where a person permanently lives. This is different from a person's "domicile" in that a person's residence is more concrete and less changeable in nature. A person's residence can also have an impact on a court's authority to hear and decide a legal action. See "domicile" and "jurisdiction."

;''res judicata'':A Latin phrase meaning "a thing decided." A final order, unlike an interim order, permanently concludes a legal dispute and usually a court proceeding, unless it is appealed. See "appeal" and "final order."

;Response to Family Claim: A legal document required by the Supreme Court Family Rules in which the respondent to a court proceeding sets out his or her reply to the claimant's claim and the grounds for his or her reply. See "action," claim," "Notice of Family Claim," and "pleadings."

;restraining order:An order which forbids a party from doing or not doing a thing. In family law, common restraining orders include stopping someone from travelling out of an area with the children, stopping someone from disposing of property, and stopping someone from harassing someone else. See "ex parte," "order," and "protection order."

;review:In law, the re-examination of a term of an order or agreement, usually to determine whether the term remains fair and appropriate in light of the circumstances prevailing at the time of the review. In family law, particularly the review of an order or agreement provided for the payment of spousal support. See "de novo," "family law agreements," "order," and "spousal support."