judicicium

Updated: January 12, 2026

Their prejudices were deeply seated, and if assailed were likely to be resisted, and if pressed too closely in a controversy, were more disposed to use the argumentum baculinum, as being more effectual than the argumentum ad judicicium.

Canniff Haight - Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago : Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian