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  2. Closing argument - Wikipedia

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    A closing argument, summation, or summing up is the concluding statement of each party's counsel reiterating the important arguments for the trier of fact, often the jury, in a court case. A closing argument occurs after the presentation of evidence. A closing argument may not contain any new information and may only use evidence introduced at ...

  3. Report on a National Bank - Wikipedia

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    Resorting to constitutional arguments, [5] [8] [9] Representative James Madison challenged Congress’s broad authority to grant charters of incorporation under the “necessary and proper” clause of the US Constitution, [10] and charging Hamilton with violating a literal or strict constructionist interpretation of the founding document.

  4. Debt assumption - Wikipedia

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    Debt Assumption, or simply assumption, was a US financial policy executed under the Funding Act of 1790.The Washington administration pursued the policy, under Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's leadership, to assume the outstanding debt of states that had not yet repaid their American Revolutionary War bonds and a scrip.

  5. 1790s - Wikipedia

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    The 1790s (pronounced "seventeen-nineties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1790, and ended on December 31, 1799. Considered as some of the Industrial Revolution 's earlier days, the 1790s called for the start of an anti-imperialist world , as new democracies such as the French First Republic and the United States began flourishing at ...

  6. Compromise of 1790 - Wikipedia

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    The Compromise of 1790 was a compromise among Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, where Hamilton won the decision for the national government to take over and pay the state debts, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the District of Columbia, for the South.

  7. Argumentation theory - Wikipedia

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    Oral argument at the appellate level accompanies written briefs, which also advance the argument of each party in the legal dispute. A closing argument, or summation, is the concluding statement of each party's counsel reiterating the important arguments for the trier of fact, often the jury, in a court case. A closing argument occurs after the ...

  8. Funding Act of 1790 - Wikipedia

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    The Funding Act of 1790, the full title of which is An Act making provision for the [payment of the] Debt of the United States, was passed on August 4, 1790, by the United States Congress as part of the Compromise of 1790, to address the issue of funding (debt service, repayment, and retirement) of the domestic debt incurred by the state governments, first as Thirteen Colonies, then as states ...

  9. Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia

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    The Articles, however, were unsigned, and the date was blank. Congress began the signing process by examining their copy of the Articles on June 27, 1778. They ordered a final copy prepared (the one in the National Archives), and that delegates should inform the secretary of their authority for ratification.