| 释义 |
‖ non liquet|nɒn ˈlɪkwɛt|
[L. = ‘it is not clear’.]
A condition of uncertainty as to whether a thing is so or not; spec. in Law, a verdict given by a jury in cases of doubt, deferring the matter to another day for trial. Also attrib. = uncertain as to the side to which one belongs.
1656Blount Glossogr. 1679Trials of White, & other Jesuits 63 It is still a Non liquet whether you were here in July or no. c1700J. Wodrow in Life (1828) 109 The non-liquet men further those that are for the negative. [a1734North Examen (1740) Pref. vi, Here is a Yesterday's Tale out of the best Writers, and who they are non liquet.] 1802Coleridge Unpubl. Lett. to J. P. Estlin 86 (Stanf.), A non liquet concerning the nature and being of Christ. 1952Archivum Linguisticum IV. ii. 99 Hofmann..has also returned a verdict of non liquet on the question of etymology. |