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You're confusing "The Exception That Proves the Rule" (in English, as used colloquially) with "exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis" (in Latin, which
by OhMeadhbh 5mo ago
You're confusing "The Exception That Proves the Rule" (in English, as used colloquially) with "exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis" (in Latin, which has a use similar to what you're describing.) While the law attempts to be precise, common usage embraces ambiguity.
- dctoedt 5mo ago> exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis Or more succinctly, as first-year law students learn: Expressio unius est exclusio alterius — to state one thing is to implicitly exclude others. https://definitions.lsd.law/expressio-unius-est-exclusio-alterius https://definitions.lsd.law/expressio-unius-est-exclusio-alt...
- emmelaich 5mo agoRIP modus ponens!
- dboreham 5mo agoThey really mean the same. What changed was the meaning of the word "proves" in English. When the saying was coined it meant "tests", not "confirms". People kept saying the...saying even though they were using it backwards.
- girvo 5mo agoWhich is amusing because “proving grounds” is still using the old definition of “proves” :)