legal arguments
Lawyers' persuasive points
Legal arguments are the reasoned claims and supporting evidence that lawyers present to courts to persuade judges or juries of their position.
They typically combine interpretations of statutes, case precedents, and constitutional principles with the specific facts of a case.
The defense's legal arguments centered on the unreliable eyewitness testimony.
Beyond courtrooms, the phrase extends to any dispute where someone invokes law or legal reasoning to support their position, whether in contracts, policy debates, or everyday disagreements about rights and obligations.
- burden of proofDuty to prove allegations
- beyond reasonable doubtStandard for criminal conviction
- prima facieApparently true initially
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- dictaAuthoritative statements
syllogism · fallacy · deduction · appeal · counterarguments · precedent · standing · inference · analogy · motion · constitutional law · due process · statute · matter of law · good faith · case law · causation · jurisdiction
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- trial proceedingsopening statements, cross-examination, objections, sustained, overruled
- moot courtmoot court, oral argument, petitioner, respondent, appellant
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, debate, public speaking
- legal casescivil case, court cases, landmark cases, criminal case, federal case
- appealsappeal, appellate court, court rulings, case law, judicial review
legal argumentsgut feelings
Intuitive sense without reasoning
hearsay · idle speculation · watercooler talk · bar talk · conjecture
legal argumentsmoral arguments
Reasoning about right conduct
ethical arguments · philosophical arguments · populist rhetoric · emotional reasoning