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ad rem

American  
[ad rem, ahd rem] / æd ˈrɛm, ɑd ˈrɛm /

adjective

  1. relevant; pertinent.

    an ad rem remark.

adverb

  1. without digressing; in a straightforward manner.

    to reply ad rem.
ad rem British  
/ æd ˈrɛm /

adjective

  1. to the point; without digression Compare ad hominem

    to reply ad rem

    an ad rem discussion
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Etymology

Origin of ad rem

< Latin: literally, to the matter

Example Sentences

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Sed ego adulescentulus initio sicuti plerique studio ad rem publicam latus sum, ibique mihi multa advorsa fuere.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Quare cum animum Euangelica lectione ritè instituisset, transtulit sua studia ad rem Medicam, artem imprimis liberali ingenio dignam.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

Sometimes an argument establishing a wholly irrelevant conclusion is substituted for an argumentum ad rem.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

Pontifice rogatus, cum magna armatorum manu Ranulphum, ad rem Christianum iuuandam.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

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 Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

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