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  2. Closing argument - Wikipedia

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    It was one of the most sensational court cases in connection with the French Revolution. [1] [2] [3] 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 ...

  3. Question of law - Wikipedia

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    Unfortunately, no one has ever been able to tell whether the allegation that "on November 9, the defendant negligently ran over the plaintiff with his car at the intersection of State Street and Chestnut Street" is a statement of fact or a legal conclusion. In fact, the distinction between law and fact is just the legal version of the ...

  4. Ultimate fact - Wikipedia

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    In law, the ultimate fact is the conclusion (or conclusions) of fact logically derived from the evidence, [1] as made by a jury after deliberation or by a judge at a bench trial. For example, in the New York case of People v.

  5. Verdict - Wikipedia

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    In U.S. legal nomenclature, the verdict is the jury's finding on the questions of fact submitted to it. Once the court (the judge) receives the verdict, the judge enters judgment on the verdict. The judgment of the court is the final order in the case. If the defendant is found guilty, they can choose to appeal the case to the local Court of ...

  6. IRAC - Wikipedia

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    In the IRAC method of legal analysis, the "issue" is simply a legal question that must be answered. An issue arises when the facts of a case present a legal ambiguity that must be resolved in a case, and legal researchers (whether paralegals, law students, lawyers, or judges) typically resolve the issue by consulting legal precedent (existing statutes, past cases, court rules, etc.).

  7. Summary judgment - Wikipedia

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    It is not uncommon for summary judgments of the lower U.S. courts in complex cases to be overturned on appeal. A grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo, [15] meaning, without deference to the views of the trial judge, both as to the determination that there is no remaining genuine issue of material fact and that the prevailing party was entitled to judgment as a matter of law.

  8. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    A formal statement of fact. / ˌ æ f ɪ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ t / allocatur: it is allowed Generally, a statement from a court that a writ is allowed (i.e. granted); most commonly, a grant of leave to appeal by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in reference to which the word is used equivalently to certiorari (q.v.) elsewhere. / ˌ æ l l oʊ k eɪ t ...

  9. Conclusion - Wikipedia

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    Logical consequence (or entailment), the relationship between statements that holds true when one logically "follows from" one or more others; Result (or upshot), the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events; Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise, a logical fallacy