English Explanatory Dictionary

ostrich instruction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instruction to jurors telling them they may equate willful ignorance with actual knowledge.

Word forms

ostrich instruction ostrich instructions

Etymology

After the supposed habit of the ostrich of burying its head in the sand to avoid danger by not seeing it.

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