单词 | non liquet |
释义 | non liquetn.phr.adj. A. n. 1. Chiefly Law. A verdict of non liquet (see sense B.), given in cases of doubt. Also (in extended use): a condition of doubt or uncertainty. ΚΠ 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ii2 These doubts or Non Liquets, are of two sorts, Particular and Totall. View more context for this quotation 1660 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 323 The sentence can hardlie be looked upon other wyse then as a non-liquet of the whole sinod. 1679 Tryals & Condemnation Jesuits 63 It is still a Non liquet whether you were here in July or no. 1802 S. T. Coleridge Let. 26 July II. 821 A non liquet concerning the nature and being of Christ. 1878 Mind 3 96 On ethical as well as metaphysical subjects, it was fain to retire upon safe generalities, getting clear of troublesome questions by a non liquet. 1894 Mind 3 3 When delusive proofs are presented to us, it is our duty to meet them with the non liquet of a matured judgment. 1971 C. S. Rhyne Internat. Law 60 The members of the Advisory Committee were eager to avoid the danger of having to declare a non liquet. 1992 P. W. Birnie & A. E. Boyle Internat. Law & Environment i. ii. 22 This gives the Court a creative role within certain limits and is thought by some to avoid any possibility of a non liquet because of gaps in the law. ΚΠ a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1845) VII. 483 Either to make you vote against Christ or to be neutralls and non liquets. 1728 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 401 The Go ons and Non liquets, too often hedgers and skulkers. 1841 J. W. Alexander Let. 12 Mar. (1860) 327 None voting against, but four or five non liquets. B. phr. Chiefly Law. ‘It is not clear’; given as a verdict in cases of doubt, as where the evidence or the law is insufficiently clear. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun] > a doubt, scruple were1338 doubtc1374 incertainty1483 scruple1534 dubitation1545 scrupulosity?a1562 irresolution1592 suspense1594 non liquet1656 nicety1694 reservation1719 hows and whys1726 dubiety1807 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > decision of jury > types of ignoramus1583 privy verdict1628 non liquet1656 ignoring1682 open verdict1769 sealed verdict1891 majority verdict1905 1623 A. Craig Poet. Recreations in Poet. Wks. (1873) N. L. Non Liquet. C. Condemnare. A. Absolvere, vel Ampliare.] 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Non liquet, it appears not, it is not clear, it likes not. Also a verdict given by the Jury signifying, that the matter was to be deferred to another day of trial. 1830 Biblical Repertory Jan. 16 The plausibility of the pleadings on both sides will exempt any one from the charge of indecision who..should give in his verdict in a wavering non liquet. 1895 Econ. Jrnl. 5 598 The stationary attitude of his own Government.., and its unsympathetic treatment of bimetallism are attributed..to the phrase non liquet by which Prince Bismarck appears to have summarised the controversy. 1952 Archivum Linguisticum 4 ii. 99 Hofmann..has also returned a verdict of non liquet on the question of etymology. 1964 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 58 424 The Court declined to give judgment, not on the ground of a gap in or an insufficiency of the law, which is the classic view of non liquet, but on other grounds. 1982 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 76 877 Fitzmaurice recalls Lauterpacht's rejection of non-liquet and his view that a tribunal should always come up with a decision that would deal with the substantive issues of law involved. Uncertain; undecided. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] openlOE doubtousc1330 uncertain1338 doubtyc1380 brigousa1387 doubtablec1400 doubtfula1425 questionable1443 batable1453 strivablec1456 inquirable1485 litigious1520 doubtsomea1522 disputable1548 dubious1548 doubted?1551 moot1563 problematical1567 discussiblea1578 debatable1581 controversial1583 disputativea1586 debateful1587 decidable1596 controversible1601 controvertible1601 controversal1604 controversable1607 problematic1609 controversary1610 left-handed1610 disputed1611 dubitable1625 quarrellable1642 catchinga1670 non liquet1678 brigose1679 contestable1702 equivocala1797 controversional1807 contradictable1856 discutable1868 hinky1961 1678 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 110 The six who were non liquet yesterday..obtested God that they followed nothing but their own conscience. c1700 J. Wodrow in Life (1828) 109 The non-liquet men further those that are for the negative. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) Pref. §13. p. vi Here is a Yesterday's Tale out of the best Writers, and who they are non liquet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.phr.adj.1605 |
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