"ultima ratio" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Latin [Term?] Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|}} Latin [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ultima ratio (uncountable)
  1. (law) legal philosophy under which penal redress to crime should only be used as a measure of last resort Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Crime, Law
    Sense id: en-ultima_ratio-en-noun-qIkvnYtd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈul.ti.ma ˈrat.t͡sjo/
Rhymes: -attsjo Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ultima ratiō, from the phrase ultima ratiō rēgum (“last resort of the kings”) that King Louis XIV of France had inscribed on the cannons made in 1650, and the similar one, ultima ratiō rēgis (“last resort of the king”), put by King Frederick II of Prussia on cannons after 1742, both almost certainly inspired by Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer Pedro Calderón de la Barca, who, in one of his works of comedy, defined artillery as ultima razón de Reyes (“last resort of kings”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|la|ultima ratiō}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin ultima ratiō Head templates: {{it-noun|f|#}} ultima ratio f (invariable)
  1. (uncommon) last resort Wikipedia link: Frederick the Great, Louis XIV, Pedro Calderón de la Barca Tags: feminine, invariable, uncommon Synonyms: extrema ratio
    Sense id: en-ultima_ratio-it-noun-UvoL-LlV Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

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