predication

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Raymond N. Hulser, a prosecutor in charge of the public integrity section at the time, told Mr. Durham that the Washington case that was based on the book lacked predication.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

“Notwithstanding whether there was sufficient predication for the leak investigation itself, including family members and minor children strikes me as extremely aggressive,” said David Laufman, a former Justice Department official who worked on leak investigations.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2021

The U.S. attorney’s office “stated that there may be ethical and/or administrative issues to address but there is not predication to open a criminal investigation,” investigators from the Inspector General’s office said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2021

“All of them told us that there was no such information and that predication for the case was based solely on the FFG information,” the report said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 22, 2020

The real subject of the predication is the entire proposition, "Mahomet is the prophet of God;" and the affirmation is, that this is a legitimate inference from the proposition, "The Koran comes from God."

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I by Mill, John Stuart