Definition of Sequitur

1. Noun. A logical conclusion or consequence of facts. ¹

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Definition of Sequitur

1. the conclusion of an inference [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sequitur

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sequestrations
sequestrator
sequestrators
sequestre
sequestrectomy
sequestred
sequestrotomy
sequestrum
sequestrums
sequin
sequined
sequining
sequinned
sequins
sequitur (current term)
sequiturs
sequiviridae
sequivirus
sequoia
sequoian
sequoias
sequoiene
sequoiosis
sequon
sequons
sequuntur
sera
serac
seracs

Literary usage of Sequitur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated by Herbert Broom (1854)
"... non ducit ged sequitur mum prin- cipale, is, then, derived from the Roman law, and signifies that the accessary right follows the principal;1 it may be ..."

2. Fallacies: A View of Logic from the Practical Side by Alfred Sidgwick (1884)
"NON sequitur. CHAPTER IV. INTRODUCTORY. WHEN a real assertion is made, ... Non sequitur is thus co-extensive with failure in the formal adequacy of the ..."

3. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by William Randolph Hearst (1851)
"NON-sequitur. There is a punning epigram by Dr. Donne which is false in its conclusion :— " I am unable," yonder beggar cries, " To stand or go. ..."

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