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Res
[Latin, A thing.] An object, a subject matter, or a status against which legal proceedings have been instituted.
For example, in a suit involving a captured ship, the seized vessel is the res, and proceedings of this nature are said to bein rem. Res, however, does n
ot always refer to tangible Personal Property. In matrimonial actions, for example, the res isthe marital status of the parties.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
res
(rayz) n. Latin, thing. In law lingo res is used in conjunction with other Latin words as "thing that."
Copyright © 1981-2005 by Gerald N. Hill and Kathleen T. Hill. All Right reserved.
See: article, commodities, corpus, effects, fact, issue, item, matter, matter in
dispute, occurrence, point,possession, possessions, property, subject, substance
Burton's Legal Thesaurus, 4E. Copyright © 2007 by William C. Burton. Used with permission of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Res, generalem habet significationem, quia tam corporea, quam incorporea, cujuscunque sunt generis, naturae sive speciei,comprehendit. The word t
hings has a general signification, which comprehends corporeal and incorporeal objects, ofwhatever nature, sort or specie. 3 Co. Inst. 482; 1 Bouv. Inst
. n. 415.
RES, property. Things. The terms "Res," "Bona," "Biens," used by jurists who have written in the Latin and Frenchlanguages, are intended to include m
ovable or personal, as well as immovable or real property. 1 Burge, Confl. of Laws, 19.See Biens; Bona; Things.