[Latin, one thing.] Object, object or status against which legal proceedings have been initiated. n. a thing (case) that has already been determined by a court, from Latin for «the thing is judged». Legally binding correction. For example, in a process involving a hijacked vessel, the seized vessel is the res, and such procedures are called in rem. However, res does not always refer to tangible movable property. In matrimonial matters, for example, res is the marital status of the parties. RES property. Things. The terms «Res», «Bona», «Biens», used by lawyers who have written in Latin and French, are intended to include movable or personal property, as well as real estate or immovable property. 1 Burge, Confl.
der Gesetze, 19. See Property; Bona; Things. Latin: In civil law. One thing; An object As a concept of law, this word has a very broad and far-reaching meaning, which includes not only things that are objects of property, but also those that are not capable of individual property. See Inst. 2, 1, pr. And in the old English law it says that it has a general meaning which includes both physical and incorporeal things of any kind, nature or nature. 3 Inst.
182. See Bract, fol. 7b. By «res», according to the modern civilian population, anything that can form an object of rights, as opposed to «persona», which is considered a subject of rights. «Res» therefore includes, in its general sense, acts of any kind; whereas, in its limited sense, it covers all objects of the law, with the exception of acts. Mackeld. Rom. Law, (rayz) n. Latin, thing.
In Jurassic jargon, res is used in conjunction with other Latin words such as «thing that». Res, generalem habet significationem, quia tam corporea, quam incorporea, cujuscunque sunt generis, naturae sive speciei, comprahendit. The word things has a general meaning that includes physical and intangible objects of any kind, type or species. 3 Inst. Co. 482; 1 bouv. Inst. No. 415.