"The butler is guilty of murder only if there are bloodstains on the knife." The butler's being guilty of murder is condition of there being bloodstains on the knife.

A) a necessary
B) a sufficient
C) a necessary and sufficient
D) neither a necessary nor a sufficient


Ans: B) a sufficient

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