Res

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Res \Res\ (r?z), n.; pl. {Res}. [L.]
     A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Res gestae} [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form
        the environment of a litigated issue. --Wharton.


  
     {Res judicata} [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no
        longer open to controversy.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  RES
       n : a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able
           to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for
           certain white blood cells [syn: {reticuloendothelial
           system}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  RES
       Remote Entry Services
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  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. 1 Burge, Confl. 
  of Laws, 19. See Biens; Bona; Things.