Also known as: regulae generales · general rule
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A general rule that governs judicial proceedings.
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Rowan Russell sold a parcel to Regal Apparel subject to a covenant limiting signage. Regal later claimed the covenant failed because it did not touch or concern the land. The court applied the general rule that neither burden nor benefit need touch or concern land for the servitude to remain valid and enforced the restriction against the buyer.
Roberto Reyes and Rina Rahman had a child while unmarried. Rina consented to adoption by a third party. Roberto had not registered as a putative father or provided support. The court applied the general rule requiring both parents' consent yet waived the father's consent after notice and hearing because withholding it was against the child's best interest.
Riley Rivera operated a bakery and challenged a state hour limit on employee shifts. The court applied the general rule protecting liberty of contract and invalidated the statute as an arbitrary interference with the right to contract.
Renee Rogers owned land taken for a public street widening. The city offered no payment. The court applied the general rule that just compensation must accompany any taking of private property for public use and ordered payment equal to the land's value.
Rajesh Rao operated a clinic providing reproductive services. A state law required spousal notice before certain procedures. The court applied the general rule that regulations imposing an undue burden on the right are invalid and struck down the notice requirement.
Rocky Mountain Mining held subsurface rights subject to a statute barring extraction that caused surface subsidence. The statute left the company with no viable use of its estate. The court applied the general rule that a regulation destroying all economic value constitutes a taking requiring compensation.
It refers to a general rule of court procedure or practice that governs judicial proceedings.
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The abbreviation is reg. gen. or r.g.
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The plural form is regulae generales.
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…liberty consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws whenever he receives an injury. It is a general rule that where there is a legal right there is also a legal remedy by suit or action at law. The government of the United States is a government of laws and not of men; it will cease to deserve…