Resolucion

In Spanish colonial law. An opinion formed by some superior authority on matters referred to its decision, and forwarded to inferior authorities for their instruction and government. Schmidt, Civ. Law, 93, note 1. RESOLUTION (Lat. re, back, again, solvo, to loose, to free). A solemn judgment or decision of a court. This word is frequently used in this sense in Coke and some of the more ancient reporters. An agreement to a -Governing Bodies. Acts that are done by a city council in its ministerial capacity may be in the form of resolutions. Resolutions are special and temporary, applicable only to a single matter of passing moipent. 186 111. 571; 174 111. 445; 184 111. 51; 262 111. 396. Distinction between "resolution" and "ordinance." See "Ordinance."

— Distinguished from By-law. While a by-law may be in the form of a resolution, a resolution is not necessarily a by-law. The distinction between the two has been said to lie in the fact that a resolution applies to a single act of the corporation whereas a by-law is a permanent and continuing rule which is to be applied on all future occasions. 1 Fletcher Cyclopedia Corporations 977. In Civil Law. The act by which a contract which existed and was good is rendered null. "Resolution" differs essentially from "rescission." The former presupposes the contract to have been valid, and it is owing to a cause posterior to the agreement that the resolution takes place; while rescission, on the contrary, supposes that some vice or defect annulled the contract from the beginning. Resolution may be by consent of the parties, or by the decision of a competent tribunal; rescission must always be by the judgment of a court. 7 Tropl. de la Vente, note 689; 7 Toullier, Dr. Civ. 551; Dalloz.