Right of legal representative – the Modern Law uses this term mostly in the Criminal Law, where refers to the legal right of the convicted person to use a lawyer to defend them before the prosecution and before court. This…
Right of first refusal – in terms of the Commercial Law, the right of first refusal may be provided to a person to be the first one entitled to buy a certain object (or service) if it is ever offered…
Right of election – In the meaning, given by the Inheritance Law in some Commonwealth jurisdictions, this is legal right given to a survived spouse to choose to accept either the assets, left to him/her with the provisions of personal…
Right of confidentiality – the Law in many legal systems gives a right to a lawyer or counselor of confidential communication, correspondence and secret record/archive of their files in relation to their work. All these can not be shared with…
Right of Audience – In many legal systems the rights of audience entitles a person to appear before a Court in a legal capacity and conduct proceedings on their behalf, or on behalf of a party to the proceedings. For…
Right inheritors – the Probate Law uses this term to detail the figures of these particular heirs, who are entitled to participate in sharing the estate left by the testator. The right inheritors may be appointed either by the Law…
Rigging – in the sphere of Commercial Law, this legal term refers to illegal practice of placing fake bids on stock products, so their price is pushed extremely high and the misled competitors start buying it. The main goal is…
Rhadamanthine – this word origin from the ancient Greek language. In the modern legal practice it relates to governmental employees (or alternatively judges in court) who are strict in applying the Law and are not corrupted. Respectively their moral standards…
Reward – this term literally means “a given sum of money”. In context of Law, it refers to financial compensation awarded by a court or governmental/state authority to a person – usually as a result of their actions. Reward is…
Revolver loan – in the sphere of Commercial Law, this legal term refers to a bulk of money, taken by a debtor in order to pay back smaller and previously taken loans towards various creditors. It could be considered as…