post hoc, ergo propter hoc 
post hoc, ergo propter hoc
Definition
post· hoc, ergo prop·ter hoc (pōst′ häk′ er′gō präp′tər häk′)
after this, therefore because of this: used in logic to designate the fallacy of thinking that a happening which follows another must be its result, and sometimes clipped to post hoc
Etymology: L
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Law Definition
Latin
After this; therefore because of this. An illogical notion that because one
thing occurred after another, it must have been caused by the first thing.
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