Res mobiles

In the civil law. Movable things; things which may be transported 'from one place to another, without injury to their substance and form. Things corresponding with the chattels personal of the common law. 2 Kent, Comm. 347.

— Res nova. A new matter; a new case; a question not before decided.

— Res nullins. The property of nobody. A thing which has no owner, either because a former owner has finally abandoned it or because it has never been appropriated by any person or because (in the Roman law) it is not susceptible of private ownership.

— Res periit domino. A phrase used to express that, when a thing is lost or destroyed, it is lost to the person who was the owner of it at the time. Broom. Max. 238.

— Res privatæ. In the civil law. Things the property of one or more individuals. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 157.

— Res imblicse. Things belonging to the public public property ; such as the sea, navigable rivers, highways, etc.

— Res quotidianae. Every-day matters; familiar points or questions.

— Res religiosæ. Things pertaining to religion. In Roman law, especially, burial-places, which were regarded as sacred, and could not be the subjects of commerce.

— Res sacræ. In the civil law. Sacred things. Things consecrated by the pontiffs to the service of God; such as sacred edifices, and gifts or offerings. Inst. 2, 1, 8. Chalices, crosses, censers. Bract, fol. 8.

— Res sanctæ. In the civil law. Holy things; such as the walls and gates of a city. Inst2, 1, 10. Walls were said to be holy, because any offense against them was punished capitally. Bract, fol. 8.

— Res universitatis. In the civil law. Things belonging to a community, (as, to a municipality,) the use and enjoyment of which, according to their proper purpose, is free to every member of the community, but which cannot be appropriated to the exclusive use of any individual; such as the public bnildings, streets, etc. Inst. 2, 1, 6; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 170.