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Rossie D. Alston, Jr.
Rossie D. Alston, Jr., born 1957, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia since 2019, nominated by President Trump.
Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal
Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal: abuse of at least 1,400 children in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1997–2013, exposed by the 2014 Jay report, followed by the Casey inspection, government intervention, and IOPC Operation Linden.
Rotterdam Rules
Rotterdam Rules (UN Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, New York 2008): door-to-door sea cargo regime succeeding Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules; 25 signatories, 5 parties, not in force.
Rowlatt Act
The Rowlatt Act, formally the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, 1919 (Black Act), was a British Indian law passed 18 March 1919 allowing detention without trial, prompting Gandhi's first all-India satyagraha and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Roy B. Dalton, Jr.
Roy B. Dalton, Jr., also known as Roy Bale Dalton, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Roy Bean
Roy Bean (c. 1825–1903), saloonkeeper and justice of the peace at Langtry, Texas, self-styled "Law West of the Pecos," who held court in his Jersey Lilly saloon, never hanged anyone, and became a Texas folk legend.
Roy Cohn
Roy Marcus Cohn (1927–1986), American lawyer: Rosenberg trial prosecutor, Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel, and New York fixer whose clients ranged from Donald Trump to Mafia bosses; disbarred in 1986, died of AIDS.
Roy DeMeo
Roy Albert DeMeo, Gambino crime family soldier and leader of the DeMeo crew, ran the Gemini Lounge murder operation and New York's largest car theft ring; killed by his own crew January 10, 1983.
Roy K. Altman
Roy K. Altman, born Roy Kalman Altman in 1982, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, appointed by President Trump in 2019.
Roy Moore
Roy Moore (Roy Stewart Moore, born 1947), Alabama chief justice twice disciplined over the Ten Commandments monument and same-sex marriage orders, 2017 Republican Senate nominee, and defamation litigant against Senate Majority PAC.
Roy Shaw
Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw (1936-2012), East London armed robber and unlicensed bare-knuckle boxer, jailed 18 years for a 1963 security van robbery, who fought Lenny McLean three times.
Royal charter
A Royal Charter is a UK instrument granted by the Sovereign on Privy Council advice under the royal prerogative, incorporating bodies such as the BBC, universities, and professional institutions with independent legal personality, over 1,000 grants recorded since 1155.
Royal commission
Royal commission: an ad hoc Crown-appointed inquiry body in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, investigating matters of public importance and reporting recommendations; Australia's highest inquiry form, with coercive powers under the Royal Commissions Act 1902.
Royal commissions in Australia
A royal commission in Australia is the highest form of executive inquiry, established by the Governor-General, which can compel witnesses but makes only recommendations, not binding orders.
Royal commissions of inquiry in New Zealand
Royal commissions of inquiry in New Zealand are the highest-status official inquiries, appointed by the Governor-General under the Inquiries Act 2013 to investigate serious matters of public importance.
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), founded 1868, chartered 1881, is the professional body for chartered surveyors with 125,000 accredited professionals, Governing Council governance, Valuer Registration, Red Book standards, and the Levitt and Bichard reforms.
Royal Marriages Act 1772
Royal Marriages Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3 c. 11): British statute requiring descendants of George II to obtain the sovereign's consent before marrying, on pain of voidness; repealed 26 March 2015 by the Succession to the Crown Act 2013.
Royalty payment
Royalty payment: a fee paid to an asset's owner for use of or rights to it, usually intangible property such as copyright, patents, trademarks, or know-how; defined in OECD Article 12, set by contract rates, advances, guarantees, audits, and withholding tax rules.
Royce C. Lamberth
Royce C. Lamberth, born 1943 in San Antonio, Texas, is a senior judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, appointed by Reagan in 1987.
Ruanda-Urundi
Ruanda-Urundi was the Belgian League of Nations mandate (1922) and UN trust territory (1946) covering Rwanda and Burundi, united with the Belgian Congo in 1925 and ending in their separate independence on 1 July 1962.
Ruby McCollum
Ruby McCollum, also known as Ruby Jackson, was a wealthy Black Florida woman who shot white state senator-elect Dr. C. LeRoy Adams in Live Oak in 1952.
Rudolf Lehmann (military judge)
Rudolf Lehmann (1890–1955), German military jurist, Chief of the OKW Legal Department from 1938 and Generaloberstabsrichter from 1944; tried in the Nuremberg High Command Case and sentenced to seven years, released 1950.
Rudolph Contreras
Rudolph Contreras is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Columbia since 2012, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Rudy Kurniawan
Rudy Kurniawan (Zhen Wang Huang), Indonesian-born wine counterfeiter of the 2000s, blended cheap wines into fake rare vintages in Arcadia, California; convicted of mail and wire fraud in 2013, sentenced to ten years, deported to Indonesia in 2020.
Rufus Buck Gang
Rufus Buck Gang, a five-member Creek Nation outlaw band of 1895 led by 18-year-old Rufus Buck; killed Deputy Marshal John Garrett and others, then all five were hanged July 1, 1896 at Fort Smith under Judge Parker.
Ruja Ignatova
Ruja Ignatova, the "Cryptoqueen," co-founded the OneCoin fake-cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, which took over $4 billion from millions of investors before she vanished in October 2017. She remains on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
Rule against perpetuities
The rule against perpetuities is a common law property doctrine voiding future interests that may vest more than 21 years after a life in being; England and Wales now applies a 125-year statutory period, and many US states use a 90-year rule or abolished it.
Rule of four
The rule of four is the Supreme Court's custom of granting a case a hearing when at least four of the nine justices vote to hear it.
Rule of law
The rule of law, also called the supremacy of law, is the principle that everyone, including the state, is bound by laws applied by independent courts.
Rule of the shorter term
Rule of the shorter term: Berne Convention Article 7(8) rule letting a country cap a foreign work's copyright at the country-of-origin term; optional, an exception to national treatment; applied by the EU, not by the United States.