Question

‘Ratio decidendi’ means

Options

• a judicial decision

• part of the judgment which possesses the authority

• any observation made by the court which goes beyond  the requirement of the case

• an observation made by a judge

Answer 1

a judicial decision

Explanation: 
judicial decision ratio decidendi is a legal rule derived from, and consistent with, those parts of legal reasoning within a judgment on which the outcome of the case depends.