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Res publicae

Res publicae, means 'public things'. Things that cannot be individually owned because they belong to the public, such as the sea, navigable waters, and highways, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1314....


Res perit suo domino

Res perit suo domino (Bell Dict. 857), the loss falls on the owner.Where loss, damage, or delay of goods in transit arises from the act of God, the loss falls upon the owner and not upon the carrier....


Res perit domino

Res perit domino (the loss falls on the owner). For illustrations of this maxim, see Taylor v. Caldwell, (1863) 32 LJ QB 164; Krell v. Henry, (1903) 2 KB 740; CONTRACT FOR SALE and SALE OF GOODS ACT, 1893....


Res nullius

Res nullius (a thing which has no owner)....


Res nova

Res nova, a matter not yet decided...


Res judicata pro veritate accipitur

Res judicata pro veritate accipitur, a thing adjudicated is received as true.--Co. Litt. 103 a, (A thing adjudicated is received as true.) See Broom's Leg. Max....


Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet

Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet (a trans-action between strangers ought not to injure another party), e.g., the sworn evidence of a witness in one cause cannot be made available in another cause between other parties. consult Best on Evidence, bk. 3, pt. 2, ch. 5, where it is pointed out that the maxim, in many varying forms, was well known both in the Civil and Canon Law; and see also Broom's Legal Maxims, citing the Duchess of Kingston's case, (1771) 20 How St Tr 335; 2 Sm LC, and other cases in illustration of the rule, and Higham v. Ridgway, (1808) 10 East, 109; 2 Sm LC, and other cases in which entries of a deceased stranger declarant against his interest, or in the course of his business, have been held admissible, in illustration of the exceptions....


Re

Re, means again, and is freely used as a prefix. It gives colour of again to the verb with which it is placed, Harbhajan Singh v. Press Council of India, (2002) 3 SCC 722....


Re-attachment

Re-attachment, a second attachment of him who was formerly attached and dismissed the court without day, by the not coming of the justices, or some such casualty, Jac. Law Dict....


Quod remedio destituitur ipsa re valet si culpa absit

Quod remedio destituitur ipsa re valet si culpa absit (Bac. Max. Reg. 9), that which is without remedy avails of itself if there be no fault in the party seek-ing to enforce it....



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