predication

Example Sentences

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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

Federal prosecutors mostly do proactive investigations where there is adequate predication and then we start in a very leisurely way.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2022

“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

“There’s no question that predication existed” for the FBI to talk to Flynn, said Susan Hennessey, a former attorney for the National Security Agency and the executive editor of Lawfare.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2020

Reducing to the first figure, then, amounts simply to making the predication of the proposition alleged as ground uniform with the conclusion based upon it.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William