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Res ipsa loquitur
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Res ipsa loquiturThe thing speaks for itself, the presumption, for example that damages caused by an inanimate object, without human intervention, result from some fault or negligence on the part of the owner or possessor of the object in whose custody it was at the time it caused the harm.
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Presumption
evidence. An inference as to the existence of one fact, from the existence of some other fact, founded on a previous experience of their connexion
Example
An example is a case put to illustrate a. principle.
Damages
A cash compensation ordered by a court to offset losses or suffering caused by another's fault or negligence. Damages are a typical request made of a court when persons sue for breach of contract or tort.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Intervention
Civil law. The act by which a third party becomes a party in a suit pending between other persons. The intervention is made either to be joined to the plaintiff, and to claim the same thing he does, or some other thing connected with it or, to join the defendant, and with him to oppose the claim of the plaintiff, which it-is his interest to defeat.
Fault
Contracts, Civil law. An improper act or omission, which arises from ignorance, carelessness, or negligence. The act or omission must not have been meditated, and must have caused some injury to another.
Negligence
Contracts, torts. When considered in relation, to contracts, negligence may be divided into various degrees, namely, ordinary, less than ordinary, more than ordinary.
Owner
Property. The owner is he who has dominion of a thing real or person-al, corporeal or incorporeal, which he has a right to enjoy and to do with as he pleases, even to spoil or destroy it, as far as the law permits, unless he be prevented by some agreement or covenant which restrains his right.
Possessor
He who holds, detains or enjoys a thing, either by himself or his agent, which he claims as his own.
Custody
The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
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Res gesta
Evidence. The subject matter; thing done.
Res gestae
(United Kingdom) The thing done.
Res integra
An entire thing; an entirely new or untouched matter. This term is applied to those points of law which have not been decided, which are "untouched by dictum or decision."
Res inter alios acta
Evidence. This is a technical phrase which signifies acts of others, or transactions between others.
Res judicata
The thing having been adjuded, referring to the principle that once a court of competent jurisdiction has rendered a final and conclusive decision in a dispute, the same cause of action may not normally be tried again
Res mancipi
Roman civil law. Those things which might be sold and alienated, or the property of them transferred from one person to another. The division of things in to res mancipi and res nec mancipi, was one of ancient origin, and it continued to a late period in the empire.
Res nova
Something new; something not before decided.
Res nulis
(United Kingdom) Nobody’s property.
Res nullius
A thing which has no owner. A thing which has been abandoned by its owner is as much res nullius as if it had never belonged to any one.
Res perit domino
The thing is lost to the owner. This phrase is used to express that when a thing is lost or destroyed, it is lost to the person who was the owner of it at the time. For example, an article is sold; if the seller have perfected the title of the buyer so that it is his, and it be destroyed, it is the buyer's loss; but if, on the contrary, something remains to be done before the title becomes vested in the buyer, then the loss falls on the seller.
Res tudic ata
Practice. The decision of a legal or equitable issue, by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Res universatis
Those things which belong to cities or municipal corporations are so called; they belong so far to the public that they cannot be appropriated to private use; such as public squares, market houses, streets, and the like.
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Res
Property. Things. The terms "Res," "Bona," "Biens," used by jurists who have written in the Latin and French languages, are intended to include movable or personal, as well as immovable or real property.
Res gesta
Evidence. The subject matter; thing done.
Res gestae
(United Kingdom) The thing done.
Res integra
An entire thing; an entirely new or untouched matter. This term is applied to those points of law which have not been decided, which are "untouched by dictum or decision."
Res inter alios acta
Evidence. This is a technical phrase which signifies acts of others, or transactions between others.
Res ipsa loquitur
Res judicata
The thing having been adjuded, referring to the principle that once a court of competent jurisdiction has rendered a final and conclusive decision in a dispute, the same cause of action may not normally be tried again
Res mancipi
Roman civil law. Those things which might be sold and alienated, or the property of them transferred from one person to another. The division of things in to res mancipi and res nec mancipi, was one of ancient origin, and it continued to a late period in the empire.
Res nova
Something new; something not before decided.
Res nulis
(United Kingdom) Nobody’s property.
Res nullius
A thing which has no owner. A thing which has been abandoned by its owner is as much res nullius as if it had never belonged to any one.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Presumption
evidence. An inference as to the existence of one fact, from the existence of some other fact, founded on a previous experience of their connexion
Example
An example is a case put to illustrate a. principle.
Damages
A cash compensation ordered by a court to offset losses or suffering caused by another's fault or negligence. Damages are a typical request made of a court when persons sue for breach of contract or tort.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Intervention
Civil law. The act by which a third party becomes a party in a suit pending between other persons. The intervention is made either to be joined to the plaintiff, and to claim the same thing he does, or some other thing connected with it or, to join the defendant, and with him to oppose the claim of the plaintiff, which it-is his interest to defeat.
Fault
Contracts, Civil law. An improper act or omission, which arises from ignorance, carelessness, or negligence. The act or omission must not have been meditated, and must have caused some injury to another.
Negligence
Contracts, torts. When considered in relation, to contracts, negligence may be divided into various degrees, namely, ordinary, less than ordinary, more than ordinary.
Owner
Property. The owner is he who has dominion of a thing real or person-al, corporeal or incorporeal, which he has a right to enjoy and to do with as he pleases, even to spoil or destroy it, as far as the law permits, unless he be prevented by some agreement or covenant which restrains his right.
Possessor
He who holds, detains or enjoys a thing, either by himself or his agent, which he claims as his own.
Custody
The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Res gesta
Evidence. The subject matter; thing done.
Res gestae
(United Kingdom) The thing done.
Res integra
An entire thing; an entirely new or untouched matter. This term is applied to those points of law which have not been decided, which are "untouched by dictum or decision."
Res inter alios acta
Evidence. This is a technical phrase which signifies acts of others, or transactions between others.
Res judicata
The thing having been adjuded, referring to the principle that once a court of competent jurisdiction has rendered a final and conclusive decision in a dispute, the same cause of action may not normally be tried again
Res mancipi
Roman civil law. Those things which might be sold and alienated, or the property of them transferred from one person to another. The division of things in to res mancipi and res nec mancipi, was one of ancient origin, and it continued to a late period in the empire.
Res nova
Something new; something not before decided.
Res nulis
(United Kingdom) Nobody’s property.
Res nullius
A thing which has no owner. A thing which has been abandoned by its owner is as much res nullius as if it had never belonged to any one.
Res perit domino
The thing is lost to the owner. This phrase is used to express that when a thing is lost or destroyed, it is lost to the person who was the owner of it at the time. For example, an article is sold; if the seller have perfected the title of the buyer so that it is his, and it be destroyed, it is the buyer's loss; but if, on the contrary, something remains to be done before the title becomes vested in the buyer, then the loss falls on the seller.
Res tudic ata
Practice. The decision of a legal or equitable issue, by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Res universatis
Those things which belong to cities or municipal corporations are so called; they belong so far to the public that they cannot be appropriated to private use; such as public squares, market houses, streets, and the like.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Res
Property. Things. The terms "Res," "Bona," "Biens," used by jurists who have written in the Latin and French languages, are intended to include movable or personal, as well as immovable or real property.
Res gesta
Evidence. The subject matter; thing done.
Res gestae
(United Kingdom) The thing done.
Res integra
An entire thing; an entirely new or untouched matter. This term is applied to those points of law which have not been decided, which are "untouched by dictum or decision."
Res inter alios acta
Evidence. This is a technical phrase which signifies acts of others, or transactions between others.
Res ipsa loquitur
Res judicata
The thing having been adjuded, referring to the principle that once a court of competent jurisdiction has rendered a final and conclusive decision in a dispute, the same cause of action may not normally be tried again
Res mancipi
Roman civil law. Those things which might be sold and alienated, or the property of them transferred from one person to another. The division of things in to res mancipi and res nec mancipi, was one of ancient origin, and it continued to a late period in the empire.
Res nova
Something new; something not before decided.
Res nulis
(United Kingdom) Nobody’s property.
Res nullius
A thing which has no owner. A thing which has been abandoned by its owner is as much res nullius as if it had never belonged to any one.
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