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Syllogism

together prove it, and which are called the premises. There must be three terms, viz., the subject and predicate of the conclusion, and another called the middle term, which must be found in both premises, since it

Accused person, a person accused of an offence

to be given by him is made provable by s. 27 of the Evidence Act. It does not predicate a formal accusation against him at the time of making the statement sought to be proved, as a

major term

That term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion

Accused person

describe the person against whom evidence is sought to be led in a criminal proceeding. It does not predicate a formal accusation against him at the time of making the statement sought to be proved, as a

Ourselves

the pronoun of the first person plural used as a subject usually with we also alone in the predicate in the nominative or the objective case

nuts

Crazy loony insane batty used in a predicate position ususually in phrases such as to go nuts went nuts are you nuts

My

Of or belonging to me used always attributively as my body my book mine is used in the predicate as the book is mine See Mine

Moral

duty or obligation pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong virtue and vice are predicated or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed relating to the practice

major premise

That premise of a syllogism that contains the major term which is the predicate of the conclusion Contrasted to minor premise

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