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ox brew dc reSo palem, a writ of right patent; and reSo 

 claufttm, a writ of right clofe. 



'rhc iirit is fo called, bccaufe feiit open. It lies only for 

 him that hath fec-fimple in the lands fued for, againll the 

 tenant of the freehold at leaft. 



Indeed, the writ of right patent is extended, in pradlice, 

 beyond its original intention ; for a writ of right of dower, 

 which lies for the tenant in dower, is patent ; and fo in fe- 

 veral other cafes. Fitzherb. 



The writ of right clofe, called alfo bre%>? partntm tie rello, 

 is directed to the lord of ancient dcmefne, or the bailiff of 

 the king's manors; and lies for thole who hold lands and 

 tenements by charter, in fee-fimple, or in fee-tail, or for 

 term of life, or in dower, if they be ejefted out of fuch 

 lands, or diffeifed. In fuch cafe a man, or hi;; heirs, may 

 fue out the writ of right clofe, direfted to the lord of ancient 

 demefne, commanding him to do liira right in his court. 

 This is called a writ fecundum confuetnd'inem manerti. See 

 Possession, Property, Title, and Writ. 



Recto de advocations ecclejitc, a writ of right, lying where 

 a man has right of advowfon in fee to him, and his heirs; 

 and, the incumbent dying, a ilranger prefents his clerk to 

 the church ; and he, not having brought his aftion of qitare 

 Impedit, nor darrein prefentmsnt, within fix months, has fuf- 

 fered the ilranger to ufurp upon him. See Difturbancc of 

 PATnONAGE, QuARE impedit, and AssiSA darrein prefent- 

 nient. 



Rrcto ele ciijlodia terrte & haredis, a writ which lies for 

 him whofe tenant dying in his nonage, a Itranger enters, and 

 takes the body of the heir. 



This writ as to lands holden m eapite, or by knight's fer- 

 vice, is become ufelefs by the ilat. 12 Car. II. but not where 

 there is a guardian in focage, or appointed by the lall will of 

 ■he ancellor. See Guardian. 



Recto de dole, a writ of right of dower, which lies for a 

 woman that has received part of her dower, and proceeds 

 to demand the remnant in the iarae town againll the heir, or 

 his guardian. This extends either to part or the whole, and 

 ,:, a more general remedy than that mentioned in the next 

 article. 



Recto de dote unde nihil habel, is a writ of right wliich lies 

 in cafe where the hufband, having divers lands and tenements, 

 has alFured no dower to his wife ; and flie is thereby driven 

 to fue for her thirds againll the heir, or his guardian. See 

 Doweu, and Writ of Entry. 



Recto quando or quia dominus remifit, a writ of right, 

 which lies in cafe where lands or tenements in the fignory of 

 any lord, are in demand by a writ of right. 



If the lord hold no court, or, at the prayer of the de- 

 mandant or tenant, fend his writ to the king's court, to put 

 the caufe thither for that time ; this writ iii'ues for the other 

 party, and has its name from the words comprifed, which is 

 the true occafion of it. 



RncTO de rationabi/i parte, a writ that lies between pri- 

 vies of blood, as brothers in gavel-kind, or filters, or otlicr 

 coparceners, as nephews and nieces, and for land in fee- 

 fimple. 



If a man leafe his land for life, and afterwards die, leav- 

 ing ilTue two daughters, and, after, tlie tenant for life likewife 

 dies ; the one filler entering on all the land, and to deforcing 

 the other, the filler fo deforced fhallhave this writ to recover 

 her part. 



Kecto fur difclaimer, a writ which li^s where the lord, in 

 the court of common pleas, does avow upon his tenant, and 

 the tenant difclaims to hold of him ; upon which dif- 

 claimer the lord fhall have this writ. This takes place 

 when the tenant upon a writ of afiife for rent, or on a re- 

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plevin,difowns or difclaims liis tenure; whereby the lord 

 lofts his verdia ; in which cafe the lord may have this writ, 

 grounded on this denial of tenure, and (hall, upon proof of 

 the tenure, recover back the land itfelf fo holden, as a 

 punifliment to the tenant for fuch his falfe difclaimer. This 

 piece of retaliating juftice, whereby the tenant who endea- 

 vours to defraud his lord is himfelf deprived of the eftate, 

 as it evidently proceeds upon fcodal principles, fo it is ex- 

 prefsly to be met with in the feodal conftitutions : " vafal- 

 lus, qui abnegavit fcudum ejufve conditionem, exfpolia- 

 bitur." 



Recto folio. See Folio. 



RECTOR of a parifh, the parfon, or he who has the 

 charge or cure of a parilh church. See Parson. 



If the predial tythes of the parilli be impropriated, or ap- 

 propriated, /. e. either in lay hands, or in thofc of fomeeccle- 

 fiaftical community, then, inftead of rc&or, the parfon is 

 called vicar, (which, fee). In England are reckoned 3485 

 redlories. 



The name reftor denotes him governor or ruler, quia 

 tantum jus in ecclefia parochiali habet, quantum prtelatus In 

 eccltfia collegiala. 



Rectok alfo denotes the chief cleftive ofRcer in feveral 

 foreign univerfities, particularly in that of Paris. 



Rector is alfo ufed in feveral convents for the fuperior, 

 or officer who governs the houfe. 



The Jefuits ufed it for the fupcriors in fuch of their houfes 

 as were either femiiiaries, or college:;. 



RECTORY, or Rectouate, RcRoria, a parifli chureh, 

 parfonage, or fpiritual living, with all its rights, glebes, and 

 tythes. 



RECTRICES, in Ornithology, denote the ftrong feathers 

 of the tails of birds. 



RECTUM Intestinum, in Anatomy ; or in Englilh, 

 fimply the i-eSum ; is the lall portion of the large intelline, 

 and of the whole alimentary canal. It begins at the left 

 facro-iliac fymphyfis, below the figmoid flexure of the colon, 

 and ends at the anns. See Intestine. 



Rectum, Abfceffes in the Neighbourhood of. See Fis- 

 tula in Ano. 



Rectuji, Concretions and extraneous Sub/lances lodged in. 

 The concretions formed in the larger inteflines, and efpe- 

 cially in the reftum, by the accumulation and protracted 

 lodgment of the feces, may become the caufe of obflinate 

 contlipation, which can only be removed by their extrac- 

 tion. Sometimes thefe matfes of indurated matter include 

 no extraneous fubftance ; in other inflances, their nucleus 

 is a biliary calculus ; in a vaft number of cafes, they are 

 merely compofed of the feces in a dry hardened ftate. It is 

 remarked that women, and perfons of advanced age, are 

 moft fubjeiEl to the conftipation arifing from the obftruclion 

 thus occafioned in the large intellines. Children and adults 

 in the vigour of life are not, however, entirely exempt 

 from the diforder, though they feldom have it, except when 

 the formation of fuch concretions in the bowels has been 

 brought on by fwallowing a large quantity of hard indi- 

 gellible bodies, like cherry and plum-llones. Laftly^, ex- 

 ceflively hardened malfes of fecal matter have been noticed 

 in patients who have for a long while been confined to bed 

 in the recumbent poflure by fevere difeafes. 



Whatever may be the caufe of the diforder, whether the 

 defeft itfelf confills in a mere accumulation of indurated 

 feces, with which the reftum is diftended, and behind which 

 the excrement is detained ; or whether the conllipation 

 is not complete, the concretion allowing the liquid part of 

 the feces to pafs out between it and the infide of the intef- 

 tine ; the exiftence of the hardened inafs may be known 



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