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reductio ad absurdum definition - legal

n

Latin

Reduction to the absurd. In logic, disproving an argument by demonstrating that it leads to a ridiculous conclusion.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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