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SUBSTANCE DECISION [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-08-03
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
- Citizenship and Immigration
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- ratio decidendi
1, record 1, English, ratio%20decidendi
Latin
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... legal rule derived from, and consistent with, those parts of legal reasoning within a judgement on which the outcome of the case depends. 2, record 1, English, - ratio%20decidendi
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Ratio decidendi (Latin plural rationes decidendi) is a Latin phrase meaning "the reason" or "the rationale for the decision." The ratio decidendi is "[t]he point in a case which determines the judgment" or "the principle which the case establishes." 2, record 1, English, - ratio%20decidendi
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
- Citoyenneté et immigration
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- ratio decidendi
1, record 1, French, ratio%20decidendi
Latin
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La partie des motifs de décision qui concerne directement les questions qui doivent être tranchées. 2, record 1, French, - ratio%20decidendi
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
ratio decidendi : terminologie employée par la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR). 3, record 1, French, - ratio%20decidendi
Record 1, Key term(s)
- substance de la décision
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
- Ciudadanía e inmigración
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- fundamentación de una sentencia
1, record 1, Spanish, fundamentaci%C3%B3n%20de%20una%20sentencia
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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