ad rem

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He urged that negatives ad rem should be taken most carefully, and that, like the picture I showed him, they should be full of half-tone and detail, and yet have plenty of vigor.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

Fresnoy says, in his poem on the "Art of Painting," "Nec quod inane, nihil facit ad rem sive videtur Improprium minim�que urgens potiora tenebit Ornamenta operis."

From Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. by Burnet, John

Epicurus . . . ignavum prohibet accedere ad rem publicam, pigrum exercere, timidum militare.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

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)

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 Trollope, Thomas Adolphus