| 单词 | pregnant negative |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspregnant negative pregnant negative n. [after post-classical Latin propositio categorica negativa praegnans in Paulus Nicolettus Venetus (15th cent.), cited in C. Prantl Geschichte der Logik im Abendlande (1855) IV. 129, note 545; for Latin legal use see negative pregnant n. at negative n. 1c] a negative proposition that is qualified in some way, so as to entail special logical treatment; (Law) = negative pregnant n. at negative n. 1c. ΚΠ 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Dec. 634/1 Contemporary history, in confirmation of the pregnant negative of the grant, informs us that more extensive powers were carefully and cautiously avoided. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Pregnant ‘No man, qua man, ever sleeps’ is a pregnant negative. 1928 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. (L. 570) 3 The defendants may not, under the guise of a pregnant negative, set up an affirmative case: they must either say they are not setting up an affirmative case or else they must give the particulars asked for. 1998 Supreme Court Rev. 1997 157 Other cases have in fact stated this pregnant negative as a positive. < as lemmas |
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