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Sine qua non or condicio sine qua non (plural sine quibus non) was originally a Latin legal term for "(a condition) without which it couldn't be" or "but for..." or "without which (there is) nothing". It refers to an indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient.
As a Latin term, it occurs in the work of Boethius, and originated in Aristotelian expressions. In recent times it has passed from a merely legal usage to a more general usage in many languages, including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, etc. In Classical Latin the correct form uses the word condicio, but nowadays the phrase is sometimes found to be used with conditio, which has a different meaning in Latin ("foundation"). The phrase is also used in economics, philosophy and medicine.
An example of the term's usage was annotated in H.W. Brand's biography of Andrew Jackson. The book included a toast given by Jackson on the occasion of his receiving an honorary doctorate from Harvard University. The President responded to his listeners, "E pluribus unum, my friends. Sine qua non."

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In Chapter 5, Book IV of Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, Kolya Krassotkin comments "I believe in the people and am always glad to give them their due, but I'm not for spoiling them, that's a sine qua non..."

It appears in the commentary on Article 59 of the Fourth Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians during a time of war. In this case the sine qua non refers to the assurance that relief aid will go to the civilian population and not be diverted towards "the benefit of the Occupying Power."

It is referenced in Chapter 5 of John Gardner's Grendel. The dragon quotes the phrase while discussing the absurdity of man.

It is used in Barbara Tuchman's The Patricians to denote the importance of land to British society in the early 1900s.

It was referenced in the United States Supreme Court case of Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe. In his dissenting opinion, Thurgood Marshall expressed his agreement with a lower court that the "power to preserve order on the reservation ... is a sine qua non of the sovereignty that the Suquamish originally possessed."

SQN Electronics is a United Kingdom company primarily producing audio mixers.

"Sinequanon" is the name of a song by electronica act Hybrid, on their album Wide Angle.

"Sine Qua Non" is the title of an episode of Battlestar Galactica to air 30 May 2008.

Sine Qua Non is the title of a work of fiction by C. Atelier.Further Information

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