| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Regla 32 | Cuando un acusado se declara culpable o no refuta en un caso penal, el acusado no puede apelar. |
| Reglas de tráfico civil | Reglas de procedimiento en casos de infracciones de tráfico civil. Estas reglas se aplican en todos los casos de tráfico civil. |
| Relaciones familiares | Rama de la ley que trata con familias y niños. |
| Relief | The redress or assistance awarded to a plaintiff or petitioner by the court. |
| Remainder beneficiary | A person entitled to receive principal when an income interest ends. |
| Remand | To send back; an appellate court may remand a case to the trial court for retrial or other action. |
| Remand | To send back; an appellate court may remand a case to the trial court for re-trial or other action. |
| Remand | An order by which the Superior Court returns the case to the lower (trial) court for further action. |
| Remote-computing service | A custodian that provides to a user computer-processing services or the storage of digital assets by means of an electronic communications system, as defined in 18 United States Code section 2510(14). |
| Reopen | Reopening of a case permits the introduction of new evidence and to permit a new trial. |
| Reply Brief | This is an optional paper that the Appellant or Cross-Appellant may file in response to the Answering Brief or Answering Brief on Cross-Appeal. The Reply Brief should respond to the arguments in the Answering Brief or the Answering Brief on Cross-Appeal and should not re-urge the same arguments that were made in the Opening Brief or the Opening Brief on Cross-Appeal. The Reply Brief should refer to the trial transcripts or exhibits to show that the facts supporting the argument can be found in the record. |
| Reply Memorandum | This is a paper that the Appellant may file in response to the Memorandum of the Appellee only if the court gives permission. The Reply Memorandum should respond to the arguments in the Memorandum of the Appellee and should not re-urge the same arguments that were made in the Opening Memorandum of the Appellant. |
| Reportero del Tribunal | Una persona que registra lo que se dice en la sala del tribunal para poder producir una transcripción del procedimiento. |
| Request for Review | This is a document filed by the Petitioner after the ALJ issues the award. It is filed with the ICA and asks the ALJ to review the evidence previously presented and to reverse, rescind, modify, or supplement the award, and make any disposition of the case that is appropriate. An appeal begins when a timely Request for Review is filed with the same ALJ that handled the hearing after that ALJ issues an Award. |
| Request to Find | Request for written determination of facts by a judge after a trial. |
| Res Judicata | A thing adjudged. Once a particular case or controversy has been judicially decided in a legal proceeding, it is final and cannot be heard again. |
| Resident creditor | A person domiciled in, or doing business in this state, who is, or could be, a claimant against an estate of a nonresident decedent. |
| Resolución de disputa alternativa | El proceso de resolver una disputa legal sin un juicio formal. |
| Respondent | The person who answers a complaint in a civil case or a person against whom an appeal is brought. |
| Respondent | In family law cases, the opposing side is called the Respondent instead of the Defendant. |