MDDM Ch. 7 a few questions

[Michel Ryckx]

jbor wrote:

> CyrusGeo at netscape.net wrote:
>
> > 7. Nervus probandi: Latin: nervus = sinew, tendon, probandi = of proof.
> > (Somewhat metaphorically, I imagine.)
>
> So, perhaps a "tenuous proof"? It's a pretty cranky argument that the two of
> them have got going there!

There may be another explanation:

'Probare' means in the first place: to approve.  The meaning of 'to proof' is
indeed used in law; on the other hand: the classic Latin for to prove is
'demonstrare' as in QED.

'Nervus' is also '[irregular] line' (as in the nerves of a leaf)

Then a nervus probandi might be the line of approval.  Another distinction?

Michel.