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in pari materia

in pari materia adverb: dealing with the same matter or subject.

Adverb

in pari materia (not comparable)

  1. Dealing with the same matter or subject.
    • Furthermore, we seem to derive some assistance from the special nature of acts saying something by contrast with ordinary physical actions: for with these latter even the minimum physical action, which we are seeking to detach from its consequences, is, being a bodily movement, in pari materia with...1962, J. L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words (OUP paperback edition, page 113)
  2. A canon of construction holding that the meaning of an ambiguous law can be determined in light of other statutes on the same subject matter.

in pari materia meaning in Tamil

in pari materia in Tamil

ஒத்த வழக்கில், ஒத்த பொருளில்

Origin of in pari materia

Borrowed from Latin in pari materia.

Questions about in pari materia

What does in pari materia mean?
In pari materia means dealing with the same matter or subject.
What is in pari materia in Tamil?
In pari materia in Tamil is ஒத்த வழக்கில், ஒத்த பொருளில். See In pari materia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in pari materia?
In pari materia is an adverb.

Words near in pari materia in the dictionary

  1. in other words
  2. in otherwords
  3. in pairs
  4. in pampers
  5. in parallel
  6. in pari materia
  7. in part
  8. in partibus infidelium
  9. in particular
  10. in passing
  11. in peace

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in pari materia (page history and authors); in pari materia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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