ad rem
Americanadjective
adverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ad rem
< Latin: literally, to the matter
Example Sentences
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But why have not those, who in later times have established the distinction between jus in re and jus ad rem, applied it to the principle of property itself?
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
The right to product is exclusive—jus in re; the right to means is common—jus ad rem.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
Sed vt ad rem: De Religione equidem nostra, quæ qualiseu fuerit, cum Ethnicismus primùm fugari coepit, nihil magnificè diceret possumus: quemadmodum nec alia Septentrionis Regna vicina, vti existimo, de suis fidei initijs.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard
And certainly this intimation from Suffolk Street, which might be very useful to a young barrister preparing for the circuit, is now to the "matter in hand" nihil ad rem.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various
The question, "Would a novelist in altered circumstances have given us more or better novels?" is sometimes treated as ultra vires or nihil ad rem on the critic's part.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
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