A non posse ad non esse sequitur, argumentum necessarie negative

Dictionary: 
Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

From the impossibility of a thing to its non-existence, the inference' follows necessarily in the negative. That which cannot be done is not done. Hob. 336b. Otherwise, in the affirmative. Id.

Author: 
Henry Campbell Black, M.A.
Publisher: 
West Publishing Company
Year Published: 
1910
Genre: 
Law Dictionary