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Definition of Sequitur
1. the conclusion of an inference [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sequitur
Literary usage of Sequitur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated by Herbert Broom (1854)
"... non ducit ged sequitur mum prin- cipale, is, then, derived from the Roman law,
and signifies that the accessary right follows the principal;1 it may be ..."
2. Fallacies: A View of Logic from the Practical Side by Alfred Sidgwick (1884)
"NON sequitur. CHAPTER IV. INTRODUCTORY. WHEN a real assertion is made, ...
Non sequitur is thus co-extensive with failure in the formal adequacy of the ..."
3. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by William Randolph Hearst (1851)
"NON-sequitur. There is a punning epigram by Dr. Donne which is false in its
conclusion :— " I am unable," yonder beggar cries, " To stand or go. ..."
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