ratio decidendi

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ratio (“reckoning, method, reasoning”) + decidendi, genitive singular of decidendus, gerund of decidere (“to settle”)

Noun

ratio decidendi (plural rationes decidendi)

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

Related terms

• obiter
• obiter dictum

Translations

legal principle on which judicial decision is based

• Finnish: oikeusohje
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• Greek: σκεπτικό (el) n (skeptikó)