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Requests

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Stimson (1881)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

COURTS OF. See Courts of Requests.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

v. Court, 63. Letters of request: v. Letters. Res,/. Thing; case; matter; affair; subject; circumstance. In re: in a thing, in the matter of; v. In re. Jura in re; a real right, right of ownership or dominion. Ad rem: to a thing, a personal right; against the thing, an action determining property: v. Actio, Ad rem. Jura. In rem: like ad rem; v. In rem; against the thing, not against the person. Res accessoria, etc. Accessorium etc. Res aliena the tilings common [of common property]. Res corporales: ' corporeal things. Res gestae (things done): the circumstances of the transaction. Res Integra (an affair untouched): a new matter. Res inter alios acta alteri uocere non debet: a transaction between other parties ought not to injure one. Res inter alios: the acts of strangers. Res ipsa loquitur: the matter speaks for itself. Res judicata: an adjudged matter. Res judicata pro veritate accipitur: a judgment is taken for truth. Res nullius: the property of nobody. Res nova: a new matter. Res perit domino (the thing perishes to the owner): the loss falls upon the owner. Res publica: the common weal, the republic. Res publicae: the commonwealth. Res quotidianae: every-day matters. Res sua nemini servit: no man can have a servitude over his own property. Res transit cum suo onere: the thing passes with its burden [the incumbrance is transferred with it].