ad rem
Americanadjective
adverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ad rem
< Latin: literally, to the matter
Example Sentences
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I might write would seem as nihil ad rem, as if I were writing of an island in the Pacific.
From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Thomas Adolphus Trollope
As brevity is the soul of wit, so is it the soul of a business letter—the argument of which should be ad rem, to the matter; cum punctu, with point.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Thus the right of the partners to a marriage over each other's person is the jus in re; that of two who are betrothed is only the jus ad rem.
From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
The right to product is exclusive—jus in re; the right to means is common—jus ad rem.
From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
"Optume; but deliver yourself ad rem," he rejoined, alarmingly pacified.
From The Egoist by George Meredith
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