minor term

British  

noun

1. logic the subject of the conclusion of a syllogism, also occurring as the subject or predicate in the minor premise

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minor term

Now, taking the syllogism formally, this is true: if the conclusion go beyond the premises, there must be either four terms, or illicit process of the major or minor term.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

The minor term, therefore, is undistributed, and the conclusion must be particular.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

For, if the conclusion be not known, we cannot distinguish between the major and the minor term, nor, consequently, between one premiss and another.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

Prove that wherever the minor term is distributed, the major premiss must be universal.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

Otherwise there will be illicit process of the minor term.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth