Argument
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In rhetoric and logic, an; inference drawn from premises, the truth of witch is indisputable, or at least highly probable. The arzument of a demurrer, special case, appeal, or other proceeding involving a question of law, consists of the speeches of the opposed counsel; namely, the “opening” of the counsel having the right to begin, (q. v.,) the speech of his opponent, andthe “reply” of the first counsel. It answers to the trial of a question of fact.
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