Word "RES" - Indian Laws - General

Word RES As per Black s Law Dictionary , 4th Edition RES . Lat. In the civil law. A thing; an object. As a term of the law, this word has a very wide and extensive signification, including not only things which are objects of property, but also such as are not capable of individual ownership. Inst. 2, 1, pr. And in old English law it is said to have a general import, comprehending both corporeal and incorporeal things of whatever kind, nature, or species. 3 Inst. 182- Bract. fol. 7b. By res, according to the modern civilians, is meant everything that may form an object of rights, in opposition to persona, which is regarded as a subject of rights. Res, therefore, in its general meaning, comprises actions of all kinds; while in its restricted sense it comprehends every object of right, except actions. This has reference to the fundamental division of the Institutes, that all law relates either to persons, to things, or to ac-tions. Inst. 1, 2, 12. In modern usage, the term is particularly applied to an object, subject-matter, or status, considered as the defendant in an action, or as the object against which, directly, proceedings are taken. Thus, in a prize case, the captured vessel is the res. And proceedings of this character are said to be in rem. (See In Personam; In Rem.) Res may also denote the action or proceeding, as when a cause, which is not between adversary parties, is entitled