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ad rem

[ ad rem; Latin ahd rem ]

adjective

  1. relevant; pertinent:

    an ad rem remark.



adverb

  1. without digressing; in a straightforward manner:

    to reply ad rem.

ad rem

/ æd ˈrɛm /

adjective

  1. to the point; without digression Compare ad hominem

    to reply ad rem

    an ad rem discussion

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Origin of ad rem1

< Latin: literally, to the matter
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"Nihil ad rem!" cried Mr. Skinner; "it's this man I want to ask."

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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.

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But why have not those, who in later times have established the distinction between jus in re and jus ad rem, applied it to the principle of property itself?

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To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?

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Nihil ad rem, indeed!" hiccoughed Zatonyi, "are not we in court-martial assembled?

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