RESCHEN SCHEIDECK 



RESERVATION 



elaborate Gothic detail 

 nich es with figures of angels 

 or saints, tabernacle work, 

 and symbolic carving of 

 every kind. The 14th cen- 

 tury reredos in Durham 

 Cathedral, the 15th cen- 

 tury example hi the chapel 

 of All Souls, Oxford, and 

 the one at Winchester 

 may be cited. See Altar. 

 Pron. rear-doss. 



Reschen Scheideck. 

 Alpine pass of the Italian 

 Tirol. On the road from 

 Landeck to Meran, alt. 

 4,902 ft., the pass is near 

 the village of Reschen, and 

 3 m. S. of Nauders, near 

 the Gruben Joch, where 

 Austria, Switzerland, and 

 Italy meet. The road is 

 often called the Finster- 

 munz Pass, but this point 

 lies some 2 m. N. of 

 Nauders. The route was 

 known in pre-Roman 

 times. 



Rescript ( Lat.rescr ipta, 

 written back). In Roman 

 law, a written answer sent 

 by the emperor to magis- 

 trates and other officials 

 who applied to him for 

 information and advice, 

 and, less commonly, to 

 parties in a litigation who 

 similarly appealed to him. 

 They differed from deer eta, 

 which were decisions upon 

 doubtful points of law re- 

 ferred to the emperor as 

 the highest court of ap- 

 peal, but with the deer eta, 

 the edicta, ordinances with 

 regard co matters in which 

 new legislation seemed to be re- 

 quired, and the mandaia, instruc- 

 tions to magistrates, formed the 

 four classes of conslitutiones princi- 

 pum, imperial constitutions, which 

 had the force of law. The rescripts 

 were preserved by Justinian in 

 his Institutes. Rescript is the 

 technical term for a decretal epistle 

 from the pope on points of doctrine 

 or discipline. See Decretal. 



Rescue (Lat. re, away; excutere, 

 to shake out). Deliverance from 

 danger or violence. It is used for 

 the forcible release of a prisoner 

 which is an offence against the law, 

 and also to relief from a violent 

 death. Rescue appliances are 

 those provided in case of an explo- 

 sion in a mine or disasters at sea, 

 while fire brigades come under the 

 same category. (/See Fire Brigade ; 

 Life Saving ; Rocket. ) 



Rescue work is a term used for 

 the efforts to dissuade women 

 from the career of prostitution. A 

 great deal of it is done in large 

 cities by the Salvation Army and 



Reredos in Winchester Cathedral, probably begun by Cardinal Beaufort in the 15th cen- 

 tury, and restored and furnished with new statues, 1884-91 



other social and religious agencies, 

 and there are many houses where 

 fallen women, as they are called, 

 are received and looked after. 



Rescue. In law, the taking away 

 and setting at liberty out of the 

 custody of the law either a person 

 who is in the custody of the law or 

 a distress rightfully taken. Rescue 

 is a misdemeanour. But if a 

 private person arrest another, it is 

 no offence to rescue him unless the 

 rescuer has notice (knowledge) 

 that the person rescued is lawfully 

 in the custody of such private 

 person. The form in old English 

 law-books is rescous. 



Research. Literally, a careful ex- 

 amination of facts. It is carried out 

 by scientists, historians, and other 

 scholars, and universities give re- 

 search scholarships and fellowships 

 for this purpose. Sec Laboratory. 



Research Defence Society. 

 Society established to make gener- 

 ally known the facts as to experi- 

 ments on animals in Great Britain, 

 the regulations under which they 



are conducted, and the great im- 

 portance of such experiments to 

 the welfare of mankind. The office 

 of the Society is at 11, Chandos 

 Street, Cavendish Square, London, 

 W. See Vivisection. 



Resedaceae. Small natural 

 order of herbs. They are natives 

 of Europe, W. Asia, and Africa. 

 They have alternate leaves, and 

 the small flowers are in spikes or 

 sprays. The fruit is a leathery 

 capsule open at the top, containing 

 numerous kidney-shaped seeds. 

 The typical genus Reaeda includes 

 the well-known garden annual, 

 mignonette (R. odorata), with 

 fragrant flowers, native of N. 

 Africa. Dyer's-weed or weld 

 (R. luteola), a native of Europe, 

 W. Asia, and N. Africa, yields a 

 yellow dye. 



Reservation. Act of keeping 

 back something which, added to a 

 statement, would considerably 

 qualify the meaning. The state- 

 ment may be true as far as it goes, 

 but it is not the whole truth. Thus, 



