ad rem
Example Sentences
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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)
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)
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
We have a display of learning to little purpose, quotations from Latin and Greek, really "nihil ad rem;" the "φαντασιας" of the Greek, and "visiones" of the Romans.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 by Various
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
