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Ratio decidendi (US: /ˌreɪʃioʊ ˌdɪsaɪˈdɛndi, -daɪ/;
Latin plural rationes decidendi) is a
Latin phrase meaning "the reason" or "the
rationale for the...
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comprises only two elements:
ratio decidendi and
obiter dicta. For the
purposes of
judicial precedent,
ratio decidendi is binding,
whereas obiter dicta...
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vasto Rare
survivors in the
immense sea Virgil, Aeneid, I, 118
ratio decidendi reasoning for the
decision The legal, moral, political, and
social principles...
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meaning Regina against Freeman.
Changes with King or
Queen on throne.
ratio decidendi reason for the
decision The
point in a
legal proceeding, or the legal...
- arte
critica (1597) De
Antichristo (1605) Pro
auctoritate ecclesiae in
decidendis fidei controversiis libellus Scaliger hypobolymaeus (1607), a virulent...
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interpret the
wider legal principles. The
necessary analysis (called
ratio decidendi), then
constitutes a
precedent binding on
other courts;
further analyses...
- authorities—and a
summary of ruling. The
ruling does not
contain a
ratio decidendi in the
style of common-law jurisdictions. Instead, it is left to legal...
- part of the
rationale for the court's
decision (referred to as the
ratio decidendi).
English lawyers do not, as a rule,
categorise dicta more
finely than...
- Lamb v
Camden LBC [1981] EWCA Civ 7, [1981] QB 625 is a
leading case in
English tort law. It is a
Court of
Appeal decision on
negligence and the test of...
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eventually adopted the
modern definition of
common law as case law or
ratio decidendi that is
binding as
precedent including A. V. Dicey,
William Markby, Oliver...
