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Res judicata
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Res judicataThe 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
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Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Final
That which puts an end to anything.
Conclusive
What puts an end to a thing. A conclusive presumption of law, is one which cannot be contradicted even by direct and positive proof.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
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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 ipsa loquitur
The 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.
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 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
The 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.
Res judicata
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.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Final
That which puts an end to anything.
Conclusive
What puts an end to a thing. A conclusive presumption of law, is one which cannot be contradicted even by direct and positive proof.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
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 ipsa loquitur
The 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.
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 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
The 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.
Res judicata
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.
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