Law Dictionary

What remains of testator's estate after deducting the debts and the bequests and devises.

A legacy embracing that which remains after all the bequests and devises in the will are discharged. See 8 Am. St. Rep. 720, note.

He to whom the residuum of the estate is devised or be-

That which remains of something after taking away a part of it; as, the residue of an estate, that which remains after payment of debts, charges, arid particular legacies and devis

Same as Residue.

That which remains of a testator’s estate after the payment of a specifically devised portion of the residuary estate. See 9 Mise. Rep. 653, 30 N. Y. Supp. 453.

A resignation is a spontaneous giving up of one’s own right.

An officer’s formal offer to the proper authority to give up the office, followed by an acceptance of the offer. See 67 N. J. L. 23, 50 Atl. 661.

In ecclesiastical law. A bond given by an incumbent to resign on a certain contingency. It may be conditioned to resign for good and sufficient reason, and therefore lawful; e. g.,

One in favor of whom a resignation is made. 1 Bell, Comm. 125, note. RESILIRE (Lat.) In old English law. To draw back from a contract before it is made binding. Literally, to leap

Resilience.—The term "resilience" means the capability to avoid, prepare for, minimize the effect of, adapt to, and recover from extreme weather events, flooding, wildfir

The term "resilience and sustainability program" means the Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program established under

The term “resilience improvement” means the use of materials or structural or nonstructural techniques, including natural infrastructure— (A) that allow a project— (i) to better an

To refuse to contract.

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

In the civil law. Immovable things; including land and that which is connected therewith, either by na-

In the civil law. Incorporeal things; things which cannot be touched; such as those things which consist in right. Inst. 2. 2; Bracton, fols. 7b, 10b. Such things as the mind alone

An untouched matter; a point without a precedent; a case of novel impression.

The acts of strangers.

hearsay and declarations made by the party offering them in evidence

Things done between others (third parties) ought not to prejudice another. See 57 N. H. 369.

Things done between strangers ought not to injure those who are not parties to thein. Ch Litt 132; Broom, Max. 954, 967.

Matters adjudged as between others effect no prejudice as to others (than themselves).

when a thing which causes injury, without fault of the injured person, is shown to be under the exclusive control of the defendant, and the injury is such as, in the ordinary cours

To withstand; To oppose by physical, mental, or moral power.

The act of resisting opposition; the employment of forcible means to prevent the execution of an endeavor in which force is employed. See U. S. v. Jose (C. C.) 63 Fed. 954; U. S. v

The obstruction of an officer in the performance of his official duty by assaulting or beating him. See 26 Ohio St. lfifi.

A matter adjudged; a thing judicially acted upon or decided; a thing or matter settled by judgment. A phrase of the civil law, constantly quoted in the books. 2 Kent, Comm. 120.

a right, question or fact distinctly put in issue and directly determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, as a ground of recovery, cannot be disputed in a subsequent suit bet

A thing adjudged makes black from white; white from black; straight from crooked; crooked from straight.

A thing adjudged [the solemn judgment of a court] makes white, black; black, white; the crooked, straight; the straight, crooked. 1 Bouv. Inst. no. 840.

Where a criminal charge has been adjudicated upon by a court having jurisdiction to hear and determine it, the adjudication, whether it takes the form of an acquittal or conviction

A Court of equity cannot try over again the merits which were full tried in the former cause. To revise the merits of a cause which has been once tried between the same parties, an

A thing adjudged is taken as true.

A thing adjudged is regarded as truth. See 9 Mont. 452, 8 L. B. A. 629, 23 Pac, 1018.

It has been long since established that under non assumpsit the Defendant may give in evidence any thing which shows that no debt was due at the time when the action was commenced,

In Roman law, things which are in litigation ; property or rights which constitute the subject-matter of a pending action.

(Roman Law) Things capable of being sold.

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 pers

A new matter; a matter without a precedent.

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 th

The property of no one.

The property of no one naturally bocomes that of the first occupant.

In Scots conveyancing, having the quality or effect of re-

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 governmen

For purposes of this subsection, the term “resolution” means a simple, joint, or concurrent resolution. / For purposes of this chapter, the term “resolution” means (A) a joint reso

The term "Resolution Copper" means Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, including any successor, assign, affiliate, member, or joint ventu

The term "Resolution mine plan of operations" means the mine plan of operations submitted to the Secretary by Resolution Copper in November, 2013, including any amendment

For purposes of this subsection, the term "resolution of disapproval" means only a resolution of either House of Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which

For purposes of this section, the term “resolution of repository siting approval” means a joint resolution of the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as fol

In Scotch conveyancing. Having the quality or effect of resolving or extinguishing a right. Bell, Diet. RESOLUTO JURE CONCEDENTIS REsolvitur jus concessum. The right of the grantor

resolvitur jus concessum, /. When the assignor's right expires, the interest assigned comes to an end.

By the extinction of the right of the grantor, the right granted is extinguished.

Determinative.

One which has for its object, when accomplished, the revocation of the principal obligation; for example, I will sell you my crop of cotton if my ship America does not arrive in th

V. To decide; to determine; to bring to a termination. Resolution, also resolve, n.: a formal decision or determination of a question, particularly one made at a public meeting. In

Right; justice; reason.

To go once. See 15 Nev. 27, 37 Am. Rep. 454. A place of frequent assembly, a haunt. See 73 Cal. 142, quoting Webster.

To return.

The terms "National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource" and "Resource" mean a system that provides researchers and students across scientific fields and

The term “resource advisory committee” means— (A) an advisory committee established by the Secretary concerned under section 7125 of this title ; or (B) an advisory committee deter

Definitions.—In this section, the terms "enterprise definition", "program objective memorandum process", "resource allocation plan", "strategic b

The term “resource assistant” means a resource assistant selected under section 1725 of this title .

The term “resource benefit level” means the level of monthly benefits determined under subsections (c)(1) and (3) and (d)(3) to be the highest level which can be paid out of the pl

The term “resource conservation” means reduction of the amounts of solid waste that are generated, reduction of overall resource consumption, and utilization of recovered resources

There is hereby established an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Activities which shall have the responsibility for coordinating all

The term “resource-conserving crop” means legumes, legume-grass mixtures, legume-small grain mixtures, legume-grass-small grain mixtures, and alternative crops.

The term “resource-conserving crop rotation” means a crop rotation that includes at least one resource-conserving crop and that reduces erosion, maintains or improves soil fertilit

the term “resource extraction issuer” means an issuer that— (i) is required to file an annual report with the Commission; and (ii) engages in the commercial development of oil, nat

The term “resource management plan” means— (A) a land and resource management plan prepared for 1 or more units of land of the National Forest System described in section 6502(1)(A

The term “resource management system” means a system of conservation practices and management relating to land or water use that is designed to prevent resource degradation and per

the term "resource partner" means— (A) a small business development center; and (B) a women's business center; / The term “resource partner” means— (A) a small business d

The term “resource recovery” means the recovery of material or energy from solid waste.

The term “resource recovery facility” means any facility at which solid waste is processed for the purpose of extracting, converting to energy, or otherwise separating and preparin

The term “resource recovery system” means a solid waste management system which provides for collection, separation, recycling, and recovery of solid wastes, including disposal of

the term “resources” means personnel and major items of equipment, supplies, and facilities available or potentially available for responding to a natural disaster, act of terroris

The term “resources allocated for human generic drug activities” means the expenses for— (A) officers and employees of the Food and Drug Administration, contractors of the Food and

See Paraphernalia; Parapuernaux Biens. RES PERIIT DOMINO (Lat. the thing is lost to the owner). A phrase used to express that when a thing is lost or destroyed it is lost to the pe

A thing destroyed is lost to its owner.

or RESPECTUARE (Law Lat.) In old English law. To respite. Fortescue de L. L. Angliae, c. 53, note; Reg. Orig. 319. Respectuabitur, shall be put off. Fleta, lib. 6, c. 23, § 21. RES

concerning, or with reference to.

A writ for respiting a sheriff's account addressed to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Reg. Orig. 139.

Respite; delay.

A thing destroyed is lost to its owner. See 162 Ind. 278, 102 Am. St. Rep. 203, 1 Ann. Cas. 460, 65 L. R. A. Ill, 70 N. E. 2fi4. See, also, 9 Harv. L. Rev. 106.

The destruction of the thing is the loss of its owner. 8 Bouv. Inst, notes 1456, 1466; Story, Bailm. 426; 2 Kent, Comm. 591. RES PRIVITAE (Lat.) In the civil law. Things the proper

Property is valued by standard of money, and not money by standard of property.

et non pecunia per res. The value of a thing is estimated by its worth in money, and the value of money is not estimated by reference to the thing. 9 Coke, 76; 1 Bouv. Inst, note 9

9 Coke, 76. The value of a thing is estimated according to its worth in money, but the value of money is not estimated by reference to a thing.

NE quid aut duriua aut remlssius construatur quam causa deposcit; nee enim aut severitatis aut clementiae gloria affectanda est. It it a matter of import to one adjudicating that n

The judge must see that no order be made or judgment given or sentence passed either more harshly or more mildly than the case requires; he must not seek renown, either as a severe

It should be observed by one adjudicating that nothing should be construed either more harshly nor more mildly than the cause warrants, for neither the glory of severity nor clemen

In Civil Law. An act by which a debtor who is unable to satisfy his debts at the moment transacts (i. e., compromises) vnth his creditors and obtains from them time or delay for th

The term “respite care” means planned or emergency care provided to a child or adult with a special need in order to provide temporary relief to the family caregiver of that child

The term “respite care services” means short term care services, including the services of crisis nurseries, provided in the temporary absence of the regular caregiver (parent, oth

Adjourning an appeal to some future time. Brown.

To dispense with the performance of homage by tenants who held their lands in consideration of performing homage to their lords. Cowell.

respoyner, I. fr. To answer. Respoignable: answerable.

The terms "respond" or "response" means 2 remove, removal, remedy, and remedial action;,3 all such terms (including the terms "removal" and "reme

I. Let him answer. Respondeat ouster: let him answer further; the judgment for the plaintiff on a plea of abatement Respondeat superior: the superior or master must answer; let the

when a special plea in bar is found against the prisoner, either upon issue tried by a jury, or upon a point of law decided by the court, he shall not be concluded or convicted the