Subject Matter
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The right which one party claims as against the other, and claims the judgment of the court upon.
41 Mich. 93.
The cause of action.
15 N. Y. 509.
SUBJECTION (Lat. sub, under, jado, to put, throw). The obligation of one or more persons to act at the discretion or according to the judgment and will of others. Private subjection is subjection to the authority of private persons. Public subjection is subjection to the authority of public persons.
SUBLATA CAUSA TOLLITUR EFFECtus
Remove the cause and the effect will cease. 2 Bl. Comm. 203, SUBLATA VENERATIONE MAGISTRAtuum, respublica rult. The commonwealth perishes, if respect for magistrates be taken away.
Jenk. Cent. Cas. 48.