suppressio veri

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Does not this look much like the suppressio veri which follows close on the footsteps of the assertio falsi?

From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

Sir David Brewster's account of the matter, according to the German authorities, Gerhardt, Guhrauer, and others, is one-sided, and sins by suppressio veri, ignoring important documents, particularly Leibnitz's letter to Oldenburg, August 27, 1676.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various

But I feel convinced that the irascible Methuselah on the croquet ground was purposely and maliciously guilty of suppressio veri.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 11, 1917 by Various

If this present discussion had not arisen, and the "Advice, entire," had not been given by Hutchinson, the suppressio veri, perpetrated by Cotton Mather, would, perhaps, have become permanent history.

From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth

There is in all both a suppressio veri and a suggestio falsi, which makes the honest inquirer almost entirely reject their books.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas