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Belief

Assent to a proposition or affirmation or the acceptance of a fact opinion or assertion as real or true without immediate personal knowledge reliance

Baroko

A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative and the other two are particular negatives

Barbara

lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives

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remove oneself from participation [ from a case] ;specif : to cease participation in a conspiracy by an affirmative act of renunciation esp. involving confession to the authorities or communication of abandonment to co-conspirators 2 : to

unclean hands

358 F.2d 813 (1966)"] NOTE: Unclean hands on the part of the plaintiff is often pleaded as an affirmative defense by the defendant.

trust

trust : a trust in which legal title remains in the trustee who has a duty to act affirmatively (as in exercising control, discretion, and judgment) with regard to the property compare passive trust in this entry

testify

testify -fied -fy·ing [Latin testificari, from testis witness] vi : to make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation for the purpose of establishing a fact : give testimony vt : to declare in testimony tes·ti·fi·er n

statute of limitations

period of time established by a statute of limitations for commencing an action or prosecution 3 : an affirmative defense that the statute of limitations has expired

self-defense

self-defense 1 : the use of force to defend oneself 2 : an affirmative defense (as to a murder charge) alleging that the defendant used force necessarily to protect himself or herself

Warranty

Statutes. In marine insurance a 'warranty' means a condition: see Marine Insurance Act, 1906, ss. 33-41. Means an affirmation made at the time of sale becomes a warranty if it appears on evidence to have been intended

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