Law Lexicon
Request for admission - Also, Request to Admit. Written statements of facts concerning a case which are submitted to an adverse party and which that party must admit or deny; a discovery device.
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Request for production of documents - A direction or command served upon another party for production of specified documents for review with respect to a suit; a discovery devise.
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Res ipsa loquitur - Literally, " a thing that speaks for itself." In tort law, the doctrine which holds a defendant guilty of negligence without an actual showing that he or she was negligent. Its use is limited in theory to cases in which the cause of the plaintiff's injury was entirely under the control of the defendant, and the injury presumably could have been caused only by negligence.
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Res judicata - A rule of civil law that once a matter has been litigated and final judgment has been rendered by the trial court, the matter cannot be relitigated by the parties in the same court, or any other trial court. A court will use res judicata to deny reconsideration of a matter.
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Rescission - The unmaking or undoing of a contract; repeal.
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Research - A careful hunting for facts or truth about a subject; inquiry; investigation.
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Resolution - The formal adoption of a motion.
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Respondeat superior - Literally, "a superior (or master) must answer." The doctrine which holds that employers are responsible for the acts and omissions of their employees and agents, when done within the scope of the employees' duties.
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Respondent - The person against whom an appeal is taken.
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Rest - A party is said to "rest" or "rest its case" when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.
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Restatement - A publication which tells what the law is in a particular field, as compiled from statutes and decisions.
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Restitution - Act of restoring anything to its rightful owner; the act of restoring someone to an economic position he enjoyed before he suffered a loss.
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Source: Jurist International.
