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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bocardo \Bo*car"do\, n. [A mnemonic word.]
     1. (Logic) A form of syllogism of which the first and third
        propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term
        a universal affirmative.
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              Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the
              logicians.                            --Bowen.
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     2. A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in
        Oxford, which was used as a prison. [Eng.] --Latimer.
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