ratio decidendi
ratio decidendi · rationes decidendi
The legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is basedThe legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.
Meaning
1 sensesThe legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.
Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratiō dēcidendī, from ratiō (“reckoning, method, reasoning”)Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratiō dēcidendī, from ratiō (“reckoning, method, reasoning”) + dēcidendī, genitive singular of dēcidendus, gerund of dēcidere (“to settle”).
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Forms
plural: rationes decidendi| Singular | ratio decidendi |
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irregular · Lesson
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular