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ratio decidendi en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratiō dēcidendī, from ratiō (“reckoning, method, reasoning”) + dēcidendī, genitive singular of dēcidendus, gerund of dēcidere (“to settle”).

Meanings

1. The legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.

Forms

Relateds

obiter dictum · obiter

Translations (3)

fi oikeusohje (legal principle on which judicial decision is based) · cmn 判決依據 /判决依据 (legal principle on which judicial decision is based) · el σκεπτικό (legal principle on which judicial decision is based)