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Record 1 2002-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Legal System
OBS

On the contrary; on the other hand.

OBS

From the opposite; on the contrary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Théorie du droit
OBS

a contrario: Locution latine signifiant par déduction du contraire, par l'argument ou par la raison des contraires.

Spanish

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