Conjectio Causae
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. A statement of the case; a brief synopsis of the case given by the advocate to the judge in opening the trial. Calv. Lex.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A statement of the case.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In the Roman law. The statement of a cause or case. The introductory part of an advocate's argument; answering nearly to the modem term opening.^ Adam's Bom. Ant. 265.