Ignotum Per Ignotius

Concept of “Ignotum Per Ignotius”

Traditional meaning of ignotum per ignotius in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A thing unknown by something yet more unknown.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Ignotum Per Ignotius”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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