Ampliative (from Latin ''ampliare'', "to enlarge"), a term used mainly in
logic, meaning "extending" or "adding to that which is already known".
This terminology was often used by
medieval logicians in the analyses of the temporal content of their subject terms.
There were three rules outlined in its usage:
# Common terms in a sentence only represent present things when they stand with a non-ampliating verb about the present;
# A common term standing in a sentence with a verb about the past is able to stand for present and past things; and,
# The common term standing with a verb about the future can indifferently stand for present and future things.
There are Roman texts that refer to it as ''ampliatio''.
In
Norman law, an ampliation was a postponement of a
sentence in order to obtain further
evidence
Evidence for a proposition is what supports the proposition. It is usually understood as an indication that the proposition is truth, true. The exact definition and role of evidence vary across different fields. In epistemology, evidence is what J ...
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See also
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Supposition
Notes
Legal terminology
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