{"_key":"45139fd5-968e-5f48-979f-ab6cac258054","definitions":[{"example":"She made an a priori argument for the defendant's guilt.","text":"relating to an argument or a conclusion based on general theories or principles rather than on observation or experience","audio":"en-us/45139fd5-968e-5f48-979f-ab6cac258054/de52c209-5655-5ab2-8d81-88405f1e39f6.mp3"}],"dictionary":"en","fol":[{"name":"General legal English","url":"/dictionaries/en/general-legal-english"}],"notes":[{"text":"(an) a priori proposition (noun) something that is knowable without referring to your own experience because it is either true or false: If you want to come to a single conclusion which is undeniable and conclusive you would use an a priori argument based on an a priori proposition."},{"text":"(an) a priori argument (noun) an argument that is based on an a priori proposition: Typically a priori arguments are analytic, statements which do not require empirical verification because they are true or false by definition."}],"phrases":[{"text":"As a further clarification, the parties acknowledge and agree that neither party shall have any a priori rights to [*******] developed by the other party or its collaborators or contractors. "},{"text":"The JSC shall determine and agree which activities and costs shall be considered as pertaining to the Development Program and which are a priori incurred with the primary purpose of Regulatory Approval of the Product in the USA and Canada."},{"text":"It does not necessarily imply the recognition of East Jerusalem as an integral part of Israel, or deny a priori the possibility of its future status as the capital of the putative Palestinian state."},{"text":"As opposed to the a priori nature of a presumption, a promise is a weaker potential decision."},{"text":"Public opinion polls are not practiced in Arab monarchies, since the monarchical system without elected agencies a priori implies public approval of the monarch's activity. "},{"text":"This is a senseless proposition, though, and nobody will ever consider such a proposition legitimate or sensible, yet many still uphold the line of reasoning ... precondition for argumentation and possible agreement and hence can be argumentatively defended as a just norm by means of a priori reasoning."},{"text":"The study now describes for the first time that this region--usually without a structure and therefore a priori disregarded as a drug target--has a helix shape."},{"text":"Those inculcated with this way of thinking see nature through a lens where all evidence for design is assumed to be an illusion, so all arguments for design are treated a priori as false."}],"pos":"adjective","posSlug":"adjective","slug":"a-priori","term":"a priori","termAudio":"en-us/45139fd5-968e-5f48-979f-ab6cac258054/1b2d1102-8b64-5649-8366-43f61b1f2159.mp3"}