ratio decidendi
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[edit]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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[edit]Translations
[edit]legal principle on which judicial decision is based
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