Author: Judicial Definitions
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Secundum Artem
According to the trade or calling….
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Secundum Regulam
According to rule….
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Rights Of Conscience
The constitutional declaration that no human authority can control or interfere with the rights of conscience refers to the right to worship the Supreme Being according to the dictates of the heart: to adopt any creed or hold any opinion on the subject of religion; and, for […]
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Ratione Soli
By reason of the soil; by virtue of ownership in the land. 106 E.C.L. 870….
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Ratione Privilegii
By reason of privilege; by virtue of a franchise or prerogative. 106 E.C.L. 870….
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Ratione Tenuræ
By reason of possession or tenure….
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Ratio Decidende
Reason for deciding; the logic of a ruling. 114 U.S. 288….
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Ratione Personæ
From the character of the person. 4 Hughes 343….
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Ratione Materiæ
From the nature of the subject or subject-matter. 17 F.R. 612, 613; 34 La. An. 784….
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Ratihabitio
Latin. Approval; ratification. From ratum-habere, to have or to hold firm or established….
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Ratihabitio Mandato æquiparatur
A ratification is equal to a command. Abridged from omnis ratihabitio retrotrahitur et mandato (priori) æquiparatur, every ratification relates back and is equivalent to a (prior) command. An act of ratification has a retroactive effect, and amounts to previously given authority….
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R. L.
Revised Laws; Roman Law….
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Quod Partitio Flat
That partition be made: the decree ordering a partition. See Partition….
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R. S.
Revised Statutes….
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Quoad
Latin. As to; as regards; concerning….