arguendo

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adverb

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.

OriginLatin arguendō →
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Meanings

adverbarguendo (not comparable)
  1. not comparablelawfor 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.

    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.

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    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.

    1990 February 5, William Safire, “Staying a Superpower”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. not comparablelawUsed to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.

Origin

  1. Latinarguendō
  2. Latinarguendō
  3. Englisharguendo

Borrowed from Latin arguendō.

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