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ratio decidendi

The English word “ratio decidendi” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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