Nelsonian knowledge

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English

Etymology

Derived from a tale told of Admiral Horatio Nelson of the British Navy.

Noun

Nelsonian knowledge (uncountable)

  1. (law) Knowledge which is attributed to a person who has engaged in willful ignorance of that knowledge and ought to have known it.

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