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Latin, meaning Reason is the soul of the law; when the reason of the law changes the law also is changed. … [Read more...] about RATIO EST LEGIS ANIMA MUTATA LEGIS RATIONE MUTATUR ET LEX

Rate; proportion; degree. Reason, or understanding. Also a cause, or giving judgment therein. Ratio decidendi. The ground of decision. The point in a case which determines the judgment. Ratio legis. The reason or occasion of a law; the occasion of making a law. Bl. Law Tracts, 3. Ratio est formalis causa consuetndi nis. Reason is the formal cause of custom. Ratio est legis … [Read more...] about RASTURE

A Latin phrase equivalent to "alimony." … [Read more...] about RATIONABILE ESTOVERIUM

In old English law. A rase; a measure of onions, containing twenty Hones, and each flonis twenty-five heads. Fleta, lib. 2, c 12, … [Read more...] about RASTUS

A writ that lay for the wife against the executors of her husband, to have the third part of his goods after his just debts and funeral expenses had been paid. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 122. … [Read more...] about RATIONABILI PARTE BONORTUM