Real contract – this type of agreement is widely used in the sphere of Property Law. It details the contract between two parties, concluded in relation to real estate. For example, the conveyance agreement, or the private purchase contract. The…

Real account – the Company Law establishes the real account as an account of liabilities, assets, and capital. This is not an account of payments and receipts. Each company has such an account, which does not close at the end…

Real – The Property Law gives meaning to this word as something related to the immovable estate. The word participates in the following legal terms: – “real property” – it is used in the Real Estate Law. There it refers…

Re-allocation – this is the process of transferring the case from one allocated court to another. This can happen if various situations, depending on the provisions in the local legislation: If the value of the case increases.  If the claim…

Ravisher – the term is used in the sphere of Criminal Law. The term comes from the verb “ravish” – to perform a sexual assault or to kidnap a woman, and basically describes the figure of a rapist. This is…

Rationing – this legal term finds application in the sphere of Commercial Law in many countries. People use rationing to manage the distribution of goods which people purchase equally. For example, rationing via given free tickets to the employees of…

Ratio hedge – the Finance Law explains the ratio hedge as a comparison between the numbers of options bought on one hand, and the number of prospective contracts on another, at a given point of time.

Rating – within the meaning, given by the Tax Law in some countries, a rating is the amount of the council tax. For example, it could be the annual property tax. Or alternatively, the annual vehicle tax. The word relates…

Ratification – within the Parliamentary Law in many legal systems this is a formal act by the legislative body. It is a positive sanction that accepts for internal usage in the country, concrete internationally created major legal rules. For example,…