Subject

" 1, adj.

See Under and Subject. Compare After; When. iL. s««iiu«, foolish, simple, silly; irresponsible.

2 2 Bl. Com. 294. > 1 Story, Eq. § 226. See also 4 Keut, 451; Owing's Case, 1 Bland Ch. 376-77 (1828). « Cremer v. Portland, 36 Wis, 96 (1874).

2, n. (1) The thing forming the groundwork; the basis; the matter in contract or in question.

Subject-matter.

The cause of action, i The thing or matter spoken of, written about, or legislated upon; the thing or object in controversy or dispute. The subject-inatter of litigation is the right which one party claims against the other, and demands the judgment of the court upon. 2 Section 3263 of the New York Code of CivU Procedure authorizes the allowance of extra costs in an action wherein rights of property are involved and a pecuniary value may be predicated of the subjectmatter involved. Held, that "subject-matter involved" refers simply to property or other valuable thing, the possession, ownership or title to which is to be determined by the action, and does not include other property although it may be directly or remotely affected by the result.^ See Mattek; Jurisdiction, 2; Title, 2, Of act. (2) One who owes obedience to the laws and is entitled to partake in the elections into public office.* See further Citizen.