res

res
res /'rās, 'rēz/ n [Latin]
1: a thing (as a property, interest, or status) as opposed to a person that is the object of rights and esp. that is the subject matter of litigation
a court with jurisdiction over the res of the suit compare in personam, in rem, quasi in rem
the res of the trust was the marital home — Stopka v. Commercial Embroidery, Inc., 428 N.E.2d 1130 (1981)

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

res
I index article (commodity), article (distinct section of a writing), commodities II index corpus III index effects, fact, issue (matter in dispute), item, matter (subject), occurrence, point (item), possession (property), possessions, substance (essentiai nature)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


res
n.
(Latin) Thing; a thing or object; the subject matter of a lawsuit.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


res
Latin for "thing" or "matter."
Category: Representing Yourself in Court
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


res
n. Latin The thing. The subject of the matter-that is, an action concerning an object or property, rather than a person,; the status of individuals.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


res
(Latin: A thing.)
An object, a subject matter, or a status against which legal proceedings have been instituted.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


res
I
[Latin, A thing.] An object, a subject matter, or a status against which legal proceedings have been instituted.
 II A thing; the subject matter.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

res
[rayz]
n.
   Latin, "thing." In law lingo res is used in conjunction with other Latin words as "thing that."

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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