The Clue
Lawyer's "thing" (3 letter answer)
The Answer
RES
Tags
Notes
The answer RES is very common and appears about once every 35 puzzles.
Related Clues
Hi-___
___ judicata
In medias ___
Remainder
Court matter
Forum matter
___ gestae (deeds)
Hi-___ monitor
Home: Abbr.
___ ipsa loquitur
Judge's matter
Lab. work
Latin thing
Lawyer's thing
Legal matter
Legal thing
Matter at court
Matter in court
Matter for the courts
Matter, legally
Musical notes
Musical syllables
Object in a courtroom
Object, in law
Point of law
___ psa loquitur
Scale notes
Tacitus's thing
Thing, in law
Thing, to an LL.B.
___ judicata (decided case)
Legislative statement: Abbr.
Monitor setting, for short
Definition
RES as a noun:
1. (reticuloendothelial system, RES) = a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
RE as a noun:
1. (rhenium, Re, atomic number 75) = a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
2. (Ra, Re) = ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods
3. (re, ray) = the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization