Arguendo

Quick meaning: Arguendo is an adverb meaning (law) Used to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.

Meaning

(law) Used to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.

More Meanings

1. (law) for the sake of argument; assuming without deciding; identifying the premises of a hypothetical argument while making it clear that no finding is being made on whether the premises are true.

Example Sentences

Grant me, arguendo, that sort of scenario, with the Soviet federation rebuilding and small wars raging here and there, as the world of the millennium.

1978, Matter of Green, 586 F. 2d 1247 - U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Assuming arguendo that those assertions are factually true, we find respondent's claim to be without legal merit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hypothetically, presumptively, prolegomenously, apriori, propaedeutically, aposteriori.

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