object

As a verb, to raise an objection during trial.

As a noun, the aim or purpose of an activity or a court proceeding. For example, In McGlasson v. Barger , the court used “object” in the context of the object of defendant’s criminal conspiracy . For court proceedings, the object of the suit may be what the plaintiff seeks. For example, in Cotonio v. Richardson , the court used “object” in the context of the object of the court’s judgment, as in the aim of the litigation.

[Last reviewed in September of 2020 by the Wex Definitions Team ]

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