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A lie therefore, is an intentional deviation from moral truth, and is defined as a locutio contra mentem; i.e. it is the outward expression of a thought which is intentionally diverse from the thing as conceived by the speaker.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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So we are confronted with the paradoxical situation that linguistic terminology (e.g., verbum, locutio, oratio, dicere, etc.) is used to describe a phenomenon whose independence from any language is strongly emphasized at the same time.
Medieval Semiotics Meier-Oeser, Stephan 2003
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The traditions of the old _Fescennina locutio_ survived, and with the decay of private morality its obscenity increased.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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Perfectly evident is it that the ` plena locutio 'so to speak, of the
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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Perfectly evident is it that the “plena locutio” so to speak, of the
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark John William Burgon 1850
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It is 'locutio contra mentem;' this is its common definition.
Apologia pro Vita Sua John Henry Newman 1845
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Ita quoque Virgihus & alii loquuntur* Rufo quidem FelW ita Iiaec locutio placuit» ut pasfim €a ucatur,,
Pomponii Melae De situ orbis libri tres: cum Petri Joannis Olivarii Valentini, viri in ... Pomponius Mela , Ermolao Barbaro, C . Julius Solinus 1782
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Quod si dicuntur stellae significare potius ista quam facere, ut quasi locutio sit quaedam illa positio praedicens futura, non agens (non enim mediocriter doctorum hominum fuit ista sententia) non quidem ita solent loqui mathematici, ut verbi gratia dicunt, Mars ita positus homicidam significat, sed homicidam non facit. "
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Tijg Qivog) Eadem locutio occurrehat su - pra Deor.
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