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Smith Oil Co

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Definition (1910 Edition)

v. Slover, 58 Ark. 168. 24 S. W. 106; State v. Prater, 52 W. Va. 132, 43 S. EL 230; Davids v. People, 192 Ill. 176, 61 N. E. §37; Hall v. State. 48 Ga. 607; Railway Co. v. Moore, 24 Tex. Civ. App. 489, 59 8. W. 282. —Res habiles. In the civil law, things which are prescriptible; things to which a lawful title may be acquired by ordinary prescription.— Res immobiles. In the civil law. Immovable things; including land and that which Is connected therewith, either by nature or art, such as trees and buildings. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 160.—Res incorporales. In the civil law. Incorporeal things; things which cannot be touched; such as those things which consist in right. Inst. 2, 2; Bract. fols. 7b, 106. Such things as the mind alone can perceive.—Res integra. A whole thing: a new or unopened thing. The term is applied to those points of law which have not been decided, which are -un+ touched by dictum or decision. 3 Mer. 269.— Res inter alios acta. A thing done between others, or between third parties or strangers.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.