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Res

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004254

The subject matter of a legal action, such as a piece of property or a sum of money, that is the object of a trust, estate, or lawsuit. In proceedings 'in rem' (against a thing), the court's jurisdiction is based on the presence of the res within its territory. The property held in a trust is referred to as the trust res or corpus.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004254
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004254",
  "term": "Res",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The subject matter of a legal action, such as a piece of property or a sum of money, that is the object of a trust, estate, or lawsuit. In proceedings 'in rem' (against a thing), the court's jurisdiction is based on the presence of the res within its territory. The property held in a trust is referred to as the trust res or corpus.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/res/"
}

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