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Bernard lessee of real estate
Vauthier, landlady of a miserable boarding-house on Boulevard Montparnasse, and also to M. Bernard, lessee of real estate.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Besitz legal ownership rechtmäßiger Eigentümer
Ding zu vernichten right of destroying a thing recht kleines Absatzgebiet narrow sales area recht und billig equitable recht und billig just and equitable Recht zur Stornierung right of cancellation rechte Hand; Assistent right hand rechtfertigen; begründen justify rechtfertigt justified Rechtfertigung justification rechtlich geschützt legally protected rechtliche Auswirkungen legal effect rechtliche Formalität legal formality rechtmäßiger Besitz legal ownership rechtmäßiger Eigentümer legal owner rechtmäßiger Eigentümer rightful owner rechtmäßiger Inhaber holder in due course rechtmäßiges Eigentum rightful ownership Rechtsabteilung legal department Rechtsanspruch legal claim Rechtsanspruch legal title Rechtsanspruch legitimate claim Rechtsanspruch; title Rechtsanwaltsgehilfe articled clerk Rechtsanwaltskammer bar association Rechtsanwaltskanzlei lawyer's office Rechtsbeistand legal adviser Rechtsbeistand legal assistance Rechtsberater legal adviser Rechtsberatung legal advice Rechtserwerb acquisition of title Rechtsgrundlage legal basis Rechtsgrundsatz rule of law Rechtshilfe legal aid Rechtshilfe legal assistance Rechtslage legal position Rechtsmittel legal means Rechtsmittel legal remedy Rechtsmittel remedy Rechtssprache; Rechtsterminologie legal terminology Rechtssprechung jurisdiction Rechtssystem legal system rechtsverbindlich legally binding Rechtsvorbehalt legal reservation rechtswidrig unlawful rechtswidrig handeln act illegally rechtswidrig handeln act unlawfully rechtswidrig handeln to act illegally rechtswirksam effective in law Rechtswirksamkeit eines Dokuments legel effect of a document rechtzeitig in due time rechtzeitig in time rechtzeitig on time rechtzeitig bekannt geben give due notice Redaktion editorial office Redaktion; Belegschaft der Redaktion editorial staff Redefreiheit freedom of speech Rediskont rediscount rediskontieren to rediscount rediskontieren; Rediskont rediscount redlicher Erwerber purchaser without notice reduzieren reduce reduzieren; herabsetzen reduce reduzierter Preis reduced price reduziertes Einkommen reduced income Reduzierung cutback Reduzierung reduction Referenz; Bezugnahme reference reformieren;
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

beautiful lake or rather expansion
These lots, forming altogether a compact farm of three hundred and sixty acres, were situated on the sloping banks of a beautiful lake, or, rather, expansion of the river Otonabee, about half-a-mile wide, and studded with woody islets.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

be limited or restrained except
But fluids, which cannot be limited or restrained, except they be contained within some other substance, cannot be occupied.
— from The Rights of War and Peace by Hugo Grotius

best letter of recommendation ever
The best letter of recommendation ever written is an open fearless face.
— from Watch Yourself Go By by Al. G. (Alfred Griffith) Field

been left on record except
This speech of Mr. Lincoln's was a noted one, and nearly all his biographers mention it, but it has not been left on record, except in small extracts.
— from Footprints of Abraham Lincoln Presenting many interesting facts, reminiscences and illustrations never before published by J. T. (Jonathan Todd) Hobson

been living or rather enduring
This we were doing with a relish only to be enjoyed by men who have for years been living, or rather enduring, a hard bush life, utterly debarred from the ordinary pleasures of society, and the refinement of ladies’ companionship.
— from Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion by G. Hamilton-Browne

blesséd Land of Room Enough
I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea, To the blesséd Land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.
— from The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Henry Van Dyke

but little of recent events
At last I am released, and now I have much to see and to learn, for I know but little of recent events, the mines not abounding with intelligence.
— from Adventures in the Moon, and Other Worlds by Russell, John Russell, Earl

Baron Lumbroso of Rome editor
My heartfelt thanks are due to Lord Acton, Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge, for advice of the highest importance; to Mr. Hubert Hall of the Public Record Office, for guidance in my researches there; to Baron Lumbroso of Rome, editor of the "Bibliografia ragionata dell' Epoca Napoleonica," for hints on Italian and other affairs; to Dr. Luckwaldt, Privat Docent of the University of Bonn, and author of "Oesterreich und die Anfänge des Befreiungs-Krieges," for his very scholarly revision of the chapters on German affairs; to Mr. F.H.E. Cunliffe, M.A., Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford, for valuable advice on the campaigns of 1800, 1805, and 1806; to Professor Caudrillier of Grenoble, author of "Pichegru," for information respecting the royalist plot; and to Messrs. J.E. Morris, M.A., and E.L.S. Horsburgh, B.A., for detailed communications concerning Waterloo, [pg.XI]
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

be let off rather easily
"I did try to get it off at the spring," returned Marian more cheerfully, hoping she was to be let off rather easily after all.
— from Little Maid Marian by Amy Ella Blanchard

broken ledge of rock extended
Seeing that a broken ledge of rock extended nearly across the river from a point within his reach, but only coming to the surface here and there, and of course very slippery, he nevertheless determined to attempt to cross on foot, amidst the roaring rapids.
— from Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier Also a History of the Sioux War, and a Life of Gen. George A. Custer with Full Account of His Last Battle by Frances Fuller Victor

boys life of Robert E
The boys life of Robert E. Lee.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1962 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office


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