opening speech

English

Noun

opening speech (plural opening speeches)

(law) In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by either party at the beginning of a trial or comparable factfinding proceeding, in which that party lays out their case, generally including the points of fact that they intend to demonstrate and to some degree indicating the rhetorical arguments for why they should prevail.

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Translations

statement made at the beginning

Finnish: avauspuhe
Turkish: açılış konuşması (tr)

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