NEGATIVE
Categories: Procedure
Definition (1910 Edition)
ed by the act of God or a stranger. See Jacob; Mozley & Whitley.
it. Brown.—Negative condition. One by which it is stipulated that a given thing shall not happen.—Negative pregnant. In pleading. negative implying also an affirmative. Cowell. Such a form of negative expression as may imply or carry within it an affirmative. ae . Pl. 318; Fields v. State, 134 Ind. 46, 32
it. Brown.—Negative condition. One by which it is stipulated that a given thing shall not happen.—Negative pregnant. In pleading. negative implying also an affirmative. Cowell. Such a form of negative expression as may imply or carry within it an affirmative. ae . Pl. 318; Fields v. State, 134 Ind. 46, 32
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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