res

noun | \ ˈrās, ˈrēz \

1. : a thing (as a property, interest, or status) as opposed to a person that is the object of rights and especially that is the subject matter of litigation a court with jurisdiction over the res of the suit — compare in personam, in rem, quasi in rem

2. : corpus the res of the trust was the marital home —Stopka v. Commercial Embroidery, Inc., 428 N.E.2d 1130 (1981)