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n

Latin

The thing. The subject of the matter—that is, an action concerning an object or property, rather than a person,; the status of individuals.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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