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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

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Thing; things; matter; affair; circumstance, — a term of most extensive import, including both objects of property and things not objects of property. Res accessoria: an accessory thing; — cedlt rel principal!: an accessory thing belongs to the principal thing; — seqnitur rem prlncipalem: an accessory thing follows the principal thing, v.

Accessarius

Res denomlnatnr a princlpaliori parte: a thing is named from its more principal part, Res gesta: a thing done; a transaction. Res gestie: things done; the essential circumstances of a transaction. Res Integra: a thing not acted on; a point of law unaffected by prior adjudications Res inter alios: acts between strangers; — acta: a thing done between others, or between third parties or strangers; — acta alteri nocere non debet: a thing done between others ought not to injure another; a transaction between other or strange parties ought not to injure a person; — actse alteri nocere non debent: a third party is not to be injured or affected by the acts of others with whom he is unconnected, either personally or by his agents, or by those whom he represents; — actae nemini nocere debent, sed prodesse possnnt: things done between others ought to injure no one, but may benefit cided; a Judgment Res nova: a new matter; a new point or question. Res nullius: things of no one; the property of nobody; such as things sacred, religious and holy. Res perit [suo] domino: the thing perishes or is lost to its owner; the loss of the thing falls upon its owner; a maxim expressive of the principle that where an article bailed is damaged or lost without fault of the bailee, the loss must fall upon the owner. Res publica: the common weal, the republic. Res qnotidiaiiis: every-day matters; familiar points or questions,— the title of a work of Gains, from which the Institutes of Justinian were in part compiled. Res transit cnm sno onere: the thing passes with its burden; where a thing has been incumbered by mortgage, the incumbrance follows it, wherever It goes.

In old English law

Res coronse: things of the crown, such as ancient manors, homages of the king, liberties, etc. In Scots law. Res furtivw: goods which have been stolen. In the civil law. Res accessoria: an accessory thing; that which belongs to a principal thing or is in connection with it; — seqnitnr rem principalem: an accessory thing follows the principal thing. Res cadnca: a fallen or escheated thing; an escheat. Res commnnes: common things; things common to all by the law of nature; as air, running water, the sea and sea-shore. Res controrersa; a matter controverted; a matter in controversy. Res corporales: corporeal things; things which can be touched, or are perceptible to the senses. Res fnngibiles: fungible things. Res Immobiles: immovable things; things which by their nature are physically incapable of a change of place, or which cannot be removed without injury to their substance. Res incorporales: incorporeal things; things which cannot be touched, such as those things which consist in right. Res Integra: a thing not acted upon; a thing as it was^ a thing entire or untouched; a thing not made the subject of action or decision; a, new thing. Res Inter alios: a matter or matters between strangers; — judicata allis non obest: a matter adjudged between strangers does not stand in the way of other persons; — jndicatae nullum aliis prsejndicium faciant: matters adjudged between strangers create no prejudice against other persons. Res judicata pro veritate acclpitur: a matter adjudged is taken for truth, v. Judicium, etc. Res mobiles: movable things; things which may be transported from place to place without injury to their substance and form. Res prlratae: private things; things belonging to individuals. Res publicse: public things; such as rivers, harbors, the banks of rivers, etc. Res rellglosse: religious things; places in which a dead body was laid. Res sacra non recipit testimationem: a sacred thing does not admit of valuation. Res sacriB! sacred things; things consecrated by the pontiffs to the service of