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predicate -cat·ed -cat·ing : to set or ground on something : find a basis for usually used with on [if Mary's claim is predicated simply on John's duty of support "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] [pre-di-kət] adj : relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated [a act] [a crime] ...
Predicative
Expressing affirmation or predication affirming predicating as a predicative term...
Predicate
Predicate, that which is said concerning the subject in a logical proposition, as, 'The law is the perfection of commonsense'; perfection of commonsense, being affirmed concerning the law (the subject) is the predicate or thing predicated.To affirm logically....
predicate fact
predicate fact see fact ...
Predicability
The quality or state of being predicable or affirmable of something or attributed to something...
Predicable
Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something affirmable attributable...
Predicant
Predicating affirming declaring proclaiming hence preaching...
Predicate
To assert to belong to something to affirm one thing of another as to predicate whiteness of snow...
Predication
The act of predicating or of affirming one thing of another affirmation assertion...
fact
fact [Latin factum deed, real happening, something done, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere to do, make] 1 : something that has actual existence : a matter of objective reality 2 : any of the circumstances of a case that exist or are alleged to exist in reality : a thing whose actual occurrence or existence is to be determined by the evidence presented at trial see also finding of fact at finding, judicial notice question of fact at question, trier of fact compare law, opinion adjudicative fact : a fact particularly related to the parties to an esp. administrative proceeding compare legislative fact in this entry collateral fact : a fact that has no direct relation to or immediate bearing on the case or matter in question compare material fact in this entry constitutional fact : a fact that relates to the determination of a constitutional issue (as violation of a constitutional right) used esp. of administrative findings of fact evidentiary fact : a fact that i...
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