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ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTION
Money taken from a qualified plan and placed into a second plan to avoid taxation costs.
ROLLOVER RELIEF
Where capital gains tax is not paid as long as the company re-invests in replacing its capital assets .
ROMA FEDIT
Lat. Pilgrims that traveled to Itoiue on foot.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES ACT
The statute 23 & 24 Vict c. 134, providing a method for enjoying estates given upon ROMAN LAW 1045
ROMAN FACE
The upright type face as compared to a slanted type face like italics.
ROMAN LAW
This term, in a general sense, comprehends all tlie laws which pre- vailed among the Romans, without regard to the time of their origin, including the col- lections of Justinian. […]
ROME-SCOT, or ROME-PENNY
Peter-] lence, (q. v.) Cowell.
ROMNEY MARSH
A tract of land in the county of Kent, England, containing twenty- four thousand acres, governed by certain ancient and equitable laws of sewers, composed by Henry de Bathe, a […]
RONALD COASE
Economics Nobel Prize winner for research into transaction costs and right to property.
ROOD OF LAND
The fourth part of an acre in square measure, or one thousand two hundred aud ten square yards.
ROOM AND BOARD RATE
The rate for accommodation that includes a night’s accommodation and all meals.
ROOM ONLY RATE
The rate for accommodation that only includes the room and no foods.
ROOM SERVICE
The serving of food and drinks to a person’s room.
ROOT CAUSE
The main cause for faults or failures even if more causes are evident that began with the initial cause.
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
The evaluation and identification of a cause for failure, problem or undesirable condition.
ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS (RCFA)
The investigation of why a component has failed.
ROOT DIRECTORY
The main directory where all other directories originate.
ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS)
A mathematical value calculated by taking the square root of the mean of square roots in a random set of varying quantities observed during a certain cycle. A cycle like […]
ROOT OF DESCENT
The same as “stock of descent.”
ROOT OF TITLE
The document with which an abstract of title properly commences is called the “root” of the title. Sweet.
RORSCHACH TEST
The technique based on a series of ink blot shapes used to assess personality .
ROS
A kind of rushes, which some tenants were obliged by their tenure to furnish their lords withal. Cowell.
ROSLAND
Heathy ground, or ground full of liug; also watery aud moorish land. 1 Inst. 5.
ROSTER
A list of persons who are to perform certain legal duties when called upon In their turn. In military affairs it is a table or plan by which the duty […]