- REBUT: Evidence disproving other evidence previously given or reestablishing the credibility of challenged evidence.
- RECORD: All the documents and evidence plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a case.
- RECORDED RECOLLECTION: A memorandum or record concerning a matter about which a witness once had knowledge but now has insufficient recollection to enable the witness to testify fully and accurately, shown to have been made or adopted by the witness when the matter was fresh in the witness' memory and to reflect that knowledge correctly.
- RECUSE: The process by which a judge is disqualified from hearing a case, on his or her own motion or upon the objection of a party. Typically a judge will be recused if the judge has stock in the defendant's company, has a family member employed by the company or some other connection to defendant that may affect the judge's impartiality.
- REDRESS: To set right, to remedy, to compensate or to remove the cause of grievance. Subjected to cross-examination.
- RELEVANT EVIDENCE: Evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.
- REMEDY: Legal or judicial means by which a right or privilege is enforced or the violation of a right or privilege is prevented, redressed or compensated.
- REMOVAL: The transfer of a case from one court to another. The court may transfer an action from small claims court to a higher court. An action may also be transferred from state to state or federal court because the parties are from different states, the claims at issue are controlled by federal law, or another venue would be more appropriate as it would be more convenient for all parties.
- REPLY: The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by another party.
- RESPONSE: The section of the Notice, Claim, and Summons to Appear for Trial form where the Defendant can dispute the claim, stating why it is not true or inaccurate as to the amount.
- RESTITUTION: Act of giving the equivalent for any loss, damage or injury.
- RULES OF EVIDENCE: Standards of governing whether evidence is admissible.
