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Bocardo

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Bo`car´do
n.1.(Logic) A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative.
Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the logicians.
- Bowen.
2.A prison; - originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison.
Bocardo
a mnemonic word to represent a syllogistic argument in the third figure, in which there is one particular negative and one universal affirmative premise and a particular negative conclusion.
See also: Logic
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