Definitions
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- adverb law for the sake of
argument - adverb law Used to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Assuming once again arguendo that your characterisation of the people you mentioned as “close confidants” of Obama and thus the appropriateness of the analogy, the answer is: No, I don’t have any problem with that.
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Doesn't it concede, even if "arguendo," * way* too much for him to stomach?
Balkinization 2007
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Not knowing what exactly you are asserting as the “facts” of Deir Yassin “The Irgun forces murdered the men, women and children of Deir Yassin in cold blood”, and what sources you believe show those to be the “facts,” I don’t know how to respond except en arguendo, that is saying, “If we were to accept your “facts”/argument, then...”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Only 6% of Jewish Israelis think Obama is Pro-Israel, 2009
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Assuming arguendo that international law norms would protect children in the manner Munoz asserts, the question, then, is whether the statute can fairly be construed to provide for an extension of the cutoff date for aliens who were minors at the relevant times.
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Even if we assume that Bartlett had claimed such, and if we assume arguendo that your refutation of this claim is true, what of it?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010
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(Assuming arguendo that the outcome of an anarchic proposal ever endswell.)
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could National Juries Alleviate the Problem of Political Ignorance? 2010
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"And because the necessity of that litigation will prevent back-pay from being 'incidental' to the classwide injunction, respondents' class could not be certified even assuming, arguendo , that 'incidental' monetary relief can be awarded to a 23(b)(2) class."
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PER-I-OD free association is a right i take very seriously. assume arguendo that co-ed dorms have a statistically greater danger of having sexual assaults occur. ok.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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"And because the necessity of that litigation will prevent back-pay from being 'incidental' to the classwide injunction, respondents' class could not be certified even assuming, arguendo , that 'incidental' monetary relief can be awarded to a 23(b)(2) class."
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But even if that were not true (which is is, but arguendo) it's still meaningliess.
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