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)
Meminerimus cultum ejus magis ad morem quam ad rem pertinere.”—St.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
As brevity is the soul of wit, so is it the soul of a business letter—the argument of which should be ad rem, to the matter; cum punctu, with point.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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
