res
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 274 U.S. 466 - United States v. Freights · 1927Most cited · 103 citing opinions
The ship is a res not because it is tangible but because it is a focus of rights that in like manner may be dealt with by the law.
How often courts cite the cases defining “res”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “res” — 121 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1858–1927
- ORIGINAL
The appeal carries up the res, or money in the registry, of the District Court, to the Circuit Court; and when the rights of the parties are adjudicated there, the court must carry into execution its own decree.
admiralty