susceptible of proof

susceptible of proof
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  • susceptible — adjective Etymology: Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere to take up, admit, from sub , sus up + capere to take more at sub , heave Date: 1605 1. capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • susceptible — adj. 1 impressionable, sensitive; easily moved by emotion. 2 (predic.) a (foll. by to) likely to be affected by; liable or vulnerable to (susceptible to pain). b (foll. by of) allowing; admitting of (facts not susceptible of proof). Derivatives:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • impossibility of proof — A fact, such as damages in certain peculiar cases, not susceptible of proof. 27 Am J2d Eq § 98. The impossibility of determination after the facts are in. Whether or not any such impossibility of determination will exist is a question which… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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  • Whewell’s philosophy of science and ethics — Struan Jacobs ON SCIENCE Introduction Among the most prodigious of English minds of the nineteenth century, William Whewell (1794–1866) was at various times, and among other things, philosopher, intellectual historian, scientist, educationist,… …   History of philosophy

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  • provable — I adjective ascertainable, capable of being demonstrated, capable of being proven, capable of being shown, capable of positive proof, capable of proof, confirmable, deducible, demonstrable, determinable, discoverable, establishable, incontestable …   Law dictionary

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