POST HOC

By SovConn | April 24, 2014

post hoc (pohst hok). [Latin fr. post hoc, ergo propter hoc “after this, therefore because of this”] 1.adv. After this; consequently. 2.adj. Of or relating to the fallacy of assuming causality from temporal sequence; confusing sequence with consequence.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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