courts and procedure

“Reasonable” means just, rational, appropriate, ordinary, or usual under the circumstances.

Reasonable doubt is the level of uncertainty that prevents jurors in a criminal case from finding a defendant guilty.

A rebuttable presumption is a legal inference or assumption that a court accepts as true unless it is disproven by competent evidence.

The term receiver has two distinct legal meanings depending on context:

Receivership is a court-ordered remedy in which a neutral third party, called a receiver, is appointed to take possession of, manage, or preserve property

Reciprocal Discovery is a principle of criminal procedure that requires the defendant to give the prosecution copies of any pretrial statements that a defense witness gave during discovery. This principle is also referred to as "reverse Jencks material," named after the 1957 U.S.

Recoupment, generally, means the recovery or collection of money that was previously unduly paid out.

Recovery is the amount a prevailing party ultimately obtains through a judgment or settlement, including voluntary payments and court awards, and in some jurisdictions may also include relief such as 

In law, to recuse means to withdraw from a legal case due to a potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.