ratio decidendi
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratiō dēcidendī, from ratiō (“reckoning, method, reasoning”) + dēcidendī, genitive singular of dēcidendus, gerund of dēcidere (“to settle”).
Noun edit
ratio decidendi (plural rationes decidendi)
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Translations edit
legal principle on which judicial decision is based
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