Ripe – this legal term has got application in the Court Procedures in some jurisdictions. There it refers usually to a situation where a pending lawsuit has to be sent to the Supreme Court for precise interpretation of a subject…

Riparian water rights – this legal term has got application in the Real Estate Law in the Common Law systems. It details special rights of people who own land that runs into a river bank, to allocate part of it…

Ring fence transaction – the Tax Law uses this term to refer to a transaction, made to reduce the taxable bases, and respectively, to reduce taxes. For example, if a company transfers money towards a partner into off-shore zone on…

Rigid legislation – this is a specific type of legislation, which requires either a concrete body of Parliament to amend or change it, or requires a specific quorum for such a purpose. For example, many countries accept legal rules that…

Right-to-know rules – in most countries, this term refers to the legal rights, given to the citizens in the Administrative procedures, where they are entitled to claim precise information at the Authorities about important public matters. Usually such information is…

Right of trespass – The word “trespass” literally means doing a violation on another person’s property. In the context of Property Law, the legal term “right of trespass” refers to a type of easement, created in benefit of concrete person…

Right of tanto – in the Mexican Law, this legal term refers to a right, granted to the buyer, entitling him/her to purchase an item or service at the same price, offered by the seller to any other purchaser. The…

Right of survivorship – the Inheritance Law some legal systems recognize a legal right of co-owner, to inherit the other co-owner’s right of title on case of death. Such right grants the survived co-owner that they may acquire the title…

Right of subrogation – in the litigation procedures, there is legal right given person, who has covered someone’s debt towards their creditors, to step in the shoes of the creditor and to request payment for whatever debt they have covered.…

Right of silence – this legal term finds application in the Court Trials in some jurisdictions, where refers to a right, applicable during oral questioning. Right of silence entitles the person who is making oral testimony, to decline answer of…