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sounds like a logical fallacy may be involved
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'''Ipse dixit''' is a Latin phrase meaning, literally, "He himself said it."  In legal parlance, it has come to refer to an unsupported statement or unproven assertion that rests solely on the authority of the speaker.  <ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/ipse-dixit</ref>, <ref>http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ipse+dixit</ref>
 
'''Ipse dixit''' is a Latin phrase meaning, literally, "He himself said it."  In legal parlance, it has come to refer to an unsupported statement or unproven assertion that rests solely on the authority of the speaker.  <ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/ipse-dixit</ref>, <ref>http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ipse+dixit</ref>
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==See also==
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*[[Appeal to authority]]
    
==References==
 
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