In alot of cases, the case title reads "R vs Blah blah"
I would like to know, what does the "R" mean? and if possible could some one please send me a link with the definition... thank you!!!
2007-11-06 05:43:40 · 5 answers · asked by ladee_in_luv 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
R stands for the monarch-"rex" if it's a king in power at the moment and "regina" if it's a queen. The full title of a case will be on the official law report and so shows what the R stands for. See the link below for the House of Lords judgement in R v Brown(1997). There's no definition as such for "R", it's just an abbreviation.
2007-11-07 18:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by iced out 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The R in titles of cases stands for Regina (the Crown)
2007-11-06 06:09:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Court cases? Regina, the Queen.
2007-11-06 05:48:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
R means regina which is the crown (queen). All cases are prosecuted in the name of the crown
2007-11-06 07:40:04 · answer #4 · answered by kasey 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
R, I presume, stands for "Roe" which is a fictional name. The most famous case being Roe v. Wade. It (along with "Doe") is used to hide the identity of a party, or to sue somebody that caused injury, but you don't know their name.
Minors are occassionally involved in legal proceedings. And sometimes just the initials of the last name are used to identify them.
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Edit: Didn't realize that this was a UK question. The other answers are correct that R is a stand in for the Queen (and the Queen is a stand in for the state) in UK legal proceedings
2007-11-06 06:03:10 · answer #5 · answered by Frst Grade Rocks! Ω 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋