Multiple choice

Ratio decidendi may be defined as

  1. statement of law applied to the legal problems disclosed by facts

  2. finding of material facts, direct and inferential, based on earlier case law

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Ratio decidendi is a principle, namely the general reasons given for the decision or the general grounds upon which it is based, detached or abstracted from the specific peculiarities of the particular case which gives rise to the decision.

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