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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 litigation2: corpusthe 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. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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article (commodity), article (distinct section of a writing), commodities
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effects, fact, issue (matter in dispute), item, matter (subject), occurrence, point (item), possession (property), possessions, substance (essentiai nature)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.(Latin) Thing; a thing or object; the subject matter of a lawsuit.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Latin for "thing" or "matter."Category: Representing Yourself in CourtCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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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. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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(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.
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[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.
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[rayz]n.Latin, "thing." In law lingo res is used in conjunction with other Latin words as "thing that."
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.