opening statement

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|legal}} In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by a 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 [[rhetoric]]al arguments for why they should prevail.

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