What is THINGS?

The most general denomination of the subjects of property, as contra- distinguished from persons. 2 Bl. Comm. 16. The word “estate” in general is applicable to anything of which riches or fortune may consist. The word is likewise relative to the word “things.” which is the second object of jurisprudence, the rules of which are applicable to THINGS 1153

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