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ratio decidendi

ratio decidendi noun: the legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.

Noun

ratio decidendi (plural rationes decidendi)

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

ratio decidendi meaning in Tamil

ratio decidendi in Tamil

தீர்ப்பின் அகவுரை, தீர்ப்பின் காரணவுரை

Forms of ratio decidendi

pluralrationes decidendi

Origin of ratio decidendi

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

Questions about ratio decidendi

What does ratio decidendi mean?
Ratio decidendi means the legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.
What is ratio decidendi in Tamil?
Ratio decidendi in Tamil is தீர்ப்பின் அகவுரை, தீர்ப்பின் காரணவுரை. See Ratio decidendi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ratio decidendi?
Ratio decidendi is a noun.
What is the plural of ratio decidendi?
The plural of ratio decidendi is rationes decidendi.

Words near ratio decidendi in the dictionary

  1. ratings ploy
  2. ratings ploys
  3. ratiné
  4. ratinés
  5. ratio
  6. ratio decidendi
  7. ratio formalis
  8. ratio scale
  9. ratio scales
  10. ratio spread
  11. ratio variable

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