Argumentum

Argument: 1 erally, that which makes clear or prov Arguere, to argue. Arguendo. In reasoning, arguing. A breviated arg. Applied to an observation made by a jud in rendering an opinion, incidental to t point under discussion and, therefore, r authoritative. Argumentum a simile. Argume from a like case — from analogy. Argwmentum a simile, valet in lege, i argument from an analogous case has weig in law. See Si MllJS. Argumentum ab ineonvenienti. I gument from a hardship, q. v.

I. Argument. Argumentum accidentibus in jure frequens est: an monly occurring things is frequent in law. divisione est fortissimum in lege: an [of the subject] is of very great force in tum a similis valet in lege: an argument good in law. Argumentum ab auctoritate from authority [judicial decisions]. Ab impossibility. Ab inconvenienti: from Ad crumenam: to the purse. Ad hominem personal. Ad ignorantiam: to ignorance which the hearers cannot detect]. Ad esty [appealing to the sense of decency].

Lat. Argument or reasoning; inference or deduction. Argumentum ab authoritate est fortissimum in lege. An argument from authority is the strongest in the law. Co. Litt. 254 a. "The book cases are the best proof of what the law is." Id. ibid. Argumentum ab impossibili valet in lege. An argument drawn from an impossibility is forcible in law. Co. Litt. 92 a. Argumentum ab inconvenienti plurimum valet [est validum] in lege. An argument drawn from inconvenience is of the greatest weight [is forcible] in law. Co. Litt. 66 a, 97 a, 152 b, 258 b. Broom's Max. 84. Argumentum a divisione est fortissimum in jure. An argument from division is of the greatest force in law. Co. Litt. 213 b. 6 Co. 60. Wingate's Max. 260, max. 71. Thus, to show that a certain annual payment of money is not properly a rent, Littleton argues from a division of the subject, thus: "For if it should be a rent, it must be rent service, rent charge, or a rent secke, and it is not any of these." Litt. sect. 345. Lord Coke applies the same kind of argument to commons. 6 Co. 60. Argumentum a simili valet in lege. An argument from a like case, (from analogy) is good in law. Co. Litt. 191.