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1606 in Jrnl. House of Commons (1802) I. 1023/1 This Matter not merely res integra; partly engaged.—By Proclamation; though it bindeth not, yet it foundeth.

1623 N. Ferrar Diary 12 Feb. in D. R. Ransome 17th-cent. Polit. & Financial Papers (1996) i. 12 They should consider & deliberate Super totam materiam assuringe them that itt was and should be brought unto them as Res integra.

1733 J. Shaw Parish Law 171 After Appeal to the Sessions, if the first Order is discharged, the Matter is Res integra before the Sessions, and they may refer the Matter to the two Justices.

1754 in F. Vesey Reports (1814) I. 11 I confess, if this had been res integra, I should doubt, whether the testator's declaration is a proper execution within the fifth clause..but I find myself bound by such a number of former precedents, that I must give way to their superior weight.

1834 J. Ram Sci. of Legal Judgment xiv. 126 If the matter were entire.., res integra, a new case or point.., it might admit of difficulty.

a1873 J. S. Mill Three Ess. Relig. (1874) 203 The question whether it is so or not is res integra, untouched by any of the results of human knowledge and experience.

1907 Amer. Law Reg. 55 177 Had the court considered it as a res integra, the argument for granting the lien is really stronger than the argument against it.

1980 Univ. of Toronto Law Jrnl. 30 427 Even if the matter had been res integra Lord Wilberforce found the decision..based on unsatisfactory reasoning.

1998 Times 22 Oct. 51/5 On that footing, whatever view his Lordship might have reached if the matter were res integra, he had reached the clear conclusion that the judge was correct.