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noun
A judgment in which a stratagem is invoked in order to reveal the true feelings of the opposing parties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From a story in the Old Testament, in which King Solomon ruled between two prostitutes, both claiming to be the mother of a baby, by threatening to cut the baby into two. The actual mother begged for her child while the fake one was indifferent towards Solomon's threat.
