major

and

minor

, and, when you add the inevitable consequence, to say "Nay! I do not think so, Friend! Thou art worldly wise, Friend!"

For example:

major

, it is agreed on both sides that we ought not to withhold from a man what he has a just right to:

minor

, property in land being the creature of law, a just right in respect of landed property is determined by the law of the land: — "agreed, such is the fact:"

ergo: