1684 G. Mackenzie Instit. Law Scotl. i. ii. 10 I do resolve, first, to lay down what concerns the Persons of whom the Law treats: Secundo, what concerns the things themselves treated of, such as rights, obligations &c. Tertio, the actions whereby these rights are pursued, which answers to the Civilians, objecta juris, viz. Personae, res, & Actiones.]

a1732 J. Ayliffe New Pandect Rom. Civil Law (1734) iii. i. 273 The word Res appertains..to every Obligation, Contract, and to Things in Action.

1821 T. Sergeant & W. Rawle Rep. Supreme Court Pennsylvania 4 559 The only question is, to whom does the res belong.

1851 P. M. de Colquhoun Summ. Rom. Civil Law II. 1 Res..is used in contradistinction to persona... In another and more restricted sense it signifies those objects of rights which are neither personae, actiones, nor facta.

1854 P. Cumin Man. Civil Law 59 Q. Define Res. A. All physical and metaphysical existences, in which persons may claim a right.

1904 Atlantic Reporter 57 555/2 In suits quasi in rem, that is, where the suit is against the person in respect of the res..personal service within the jurisdiction or appearance is not necessary.

1923 Law Rep.: King's Bench Div. 2 439 If the res—the thing actually and directly in dispute—has been already adjudicated upon, of course by a competent Court, it cannot be litigated again.

2000 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 523 491 The Eleventh Amendment did not bar the jurisdiction of a federal court over an in rem admiralty action where the res was not within the state's possession.

1947 P. G. Wodehouse Full Moon vi. 126 Do you mind if we get back to the res. Time presses.

1949 W. Stevens in Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts & Sci. Dec. 166 The poem is the cry of its occasion, Part of the res itself and not about it.

1966 P. G. Wodehouse Plum Pie i. 23 I saw that I had better come to the res without delay.

1880 J. Reuben in Chron. Okla. (Okla. Hist. Soc.) (1934) 362 Joseph's people refused all these things and lived outside what was called Nez Perce Reservation. In 1877 Government undertook to move Young Joseph people on the Res.

1966 B. J. V. B. Ankrum (title) Raised on the rez.

1973 T. Hillerman Dance Hall of Dead xi. 75 ‘It's public domain land,’ Halsey said. ‘It's off the reservation...’ ‘Our map shows it's on the res,’ Leaphorn said.

1981 J. Ortiz in G. Hobson Remembered Earth 281 You used to see the People using wagons also on the rez.

1991 J. Harjo in A. R. Velie Amer. Indian. Lit. 292 There was no place to eat on the res Except a pool hall with chips & coke.

2002 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 7 Nov. 14/1 Yazzie..is a Navajo who grew up on the rez in Ganado.

1882 W. Whitman Daybks. & Notebks. (1978) II. 288 Sam Long 614 Sansom St—res: 3210 Race.

1906 Official Catholic Directory 75 Archdiocese of Milwaukee... Vicars–General–Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Rainer.—Res., St. Francis, Wis.

1972 Guardian 17 Feb. 11/1 Her own little bijou res in Chelsea.

1995 Muskoka (Ont.) Real Estate Guide 13 Sept. 6/4 (advt.) Lk. Muskoka, Yr. Round, Sunsets. $299,000. Yr. round cottage or res. between Bracebridge and Pt. Carling.