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   3       </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">Synopsis:</span></dt><dd><p><span class="bold"><strong>constructor</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em><a class="link" href="sec_terms.html#grammar.nat">nat</a></em></span></p></dd><dt><span class="term">Pre-conditions:</span></dt><dd><p>The conclusion of the current sequent must be
   4              an inductive type or the application of an inductive type with
   5              at least <span class="command"><strong>n</strong></span> constructors.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Action:</span></dt><dd><p>It applies the <span class="command"><strong>n</strong></span>-th constructor of the
   6              inductive type of the conclusion of the current sequent.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">New sequents to prove:</span></dt><dd><p>It opens a new sequent for each premise of the constructor
   7              that can not be inferred by unification. For more details,
   8              see the <span class="command"><strong>apply</strong></span> tactic.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
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