ratio decidendi

English

Etymology

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

Noun

ratio decidendi (plural rationes decidendi)

(law) The legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.

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Translations

legal principle on which judicial decision is based

Chinese:
Mandarin: 判決依據／判决依据 (pànjué yījù)
Finnish: oikeusohje
Greek: σκεπτικό (el) n (skeptikó)

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