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A priori

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

From a prospective viewpoint.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A term used in logic to denote an argument founded on analogy or abstract considerations or one which, positing a general principle or admitted truth as a cause, proceeds to deduce from it the effects which must necessarily follow.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A term used in logic to denote an argument founded on analogy, or abstract considerations, or one which, positing a general principle or admitted truth as a cause, proceeds to deduce from it the effects which must necessarily follow.