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
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
“The investigation was opened with appropriate predication and authorization.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 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
Abstract forms of predication are employed in common speech quite as frequently as concrete, and are, as we shall see, a great source of ambiguity and confusion.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
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