Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ratio decidendi

The reason or ground of a judicial decision

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Ratio Decidendi Legal Definition

The reason for the decision.

United States Constitutional Meaning of Ratio Decidendi

The reasoning supporting the decision of a court in a particular case, establishing a precedent.

Latin Definition

reason for being decided

Other Latin Constitutional Definitions in the Law Dictionary

• dictum
• in personam
• in rem
• ultra vires
• per curiam
• amicus curiae
• ex post facto
• ex parte
• ex relatione
• nolo contendere
• de facto
• de jure
• in forma pauperis
• in re
• ratio decidendi
• obiter dictum
• seriatim
• certiorari
• stare decisis
• subpoena
• mandamus
• habeas corpus

Ratio Decidendi in the law of the United States

Ratio Decidendi: Related U.S. Resources

• Ratio Decidendi in the American Law Encyclopedia
• Appellate Judicial Process Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
• Appellate Process Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary

See Also

Majority Opinion (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia) Obiter Dictum (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia) Precedence (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia).

Ratio decidendi in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of ratio decidendi.

“Ratio Decidendi” in Maritime Law

Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.

The following is a definition of “Ratio Decidendi”, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: (“reason for deciding”), which refers to a finding of law in a decision, where the finding was based on the issues properly before the court. It is legal reasoning essential to the decision which the court has to take to decide the case. For the opposite of “ratio decidendi”, see “obiter dictum” (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary).

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• ratio decidendi in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• ratio decidendi in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis