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  2. Proposition (politics) - Wikipedia

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    A proposition is also a popular initiative, viz a measure or proposed legislation "proposed" to the members of a legislature or to voters, in a direct popular plebiscite, for their approval. In the US American phenomenon of popular plebiscites, propositions can take the form of an initiative or a referendum; for example, see the list of ...

  3. Position paper - Wikipedia

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    Position papers in academia enable discussion on emerging topics without the experimentation and original research normally present in an academic paper.Commonly, such a document will substantiate the opinions or positions put forward with evidences from an extensive objective discussion of the topic.

  4. Glossary of policy debate terms - Wikipedia

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    The subjects of the debate topic, typically a government agency, is not the interlocutor; the debate rounds are not addressed to them. Within the topic of the debate, a group that enacts a certain policy action is the policy group; if by an individual, the individual is the policy leader, such as a head of state.

  5. Legal debate - Wikipedia

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    A legal debate is a discussion between lawyers, legal academics, jurists, politicians, and others who might have interest or expertise in the law, about a particular legal issue. Legal debates can take many forms, and do not necessarily need to be in person. Most take place on paper—judges within a court, for example, might debate each other.

  6. Proposition - Wikipedia

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    A proposition is a central concept in the philosophy of language, semantics, logic, and related fields, often characterized as the primary bearer of truth or falsity. Propositions are also often characterized as the type of object that declarative sentences denote. For instance, the sentence "The sky is blue" denotes the proposition that the ...

  7. Policy debate - Wikipedia

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    Policy debaters' speed of delivery will vary from league to league and tournament to tournament. In more progressive and larger tournaments, debaters will speak very quickly - often called spreading - in order to read as much evidence and make as many arguments as possible within the time-constrained speech.

  8. Letter evaluates Proposition A in Lubbock, impact on law ...

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    Proposition A, a contentious issue in Lubbock, has sparked debates regarding its implications for law enforcement, particularly concerning the enforcement of marijuana possession laws amidst the ...

  9. Statement (logic) - Wikipedia

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    In logic and semantics, the term statement is variously understood to mean either: a meaningful declarative sentence that is true or false, [citation needed] or; a proposition. Which is the assertion that is made by (i.e., the meaning of) a true or false declarative sentence. [1] [2]