ad rem
Example Sentences
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His plea or pretence, that he was sheltered by the superior grossness of Ariosto and La Fontaine, of Prior and of Fielding, is nihil ad rem, if it is not insincere.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
In writing, he thinks of nothing but his idea and the person whom he addresses: ad rem et ad hominem.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
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
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)
