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noun
An instruction to jurors telling them they may equate wilful ignorance with actual knowledge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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History
After the supposed habit of the ostrich of burying its head in the sand to avoid danger by not seeing it.
