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And certainly this intimation from Suffolk Street, which might be very useful to a young barrister preparing for the circuit, is now to the "matter in hand" nihil ad rem.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various

"Optume; but deliver yourself ad rem," he rejoined, alarmingly pacified.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

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)

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

The question, "Would a novelist in altered circumstances have given us more or better novels?" is sometimes treated as ultra vires or nihil ad rem on the critic's part.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George