oral argument. An advocate’s spoken presentation before a court (esp. an appellate court) supporting or opposing the legal relief at issue. — Also termed (in BrE) hearing. [Cases: Appeal and Error 824; Federal Courts 742.] “[T]he oral argument is the one chance for you (not for some chance-assigned mere judge) to answer any questions you […]
An advocate’s spoken presentation before a court (esp. an appellate court) supporting or opposing the legal relief at issue. — Also termed (in BrE) hearing. [Cases: Appeal and Error 824; Federal Courts 742.]
oral argument 口头辩论 １指双方当事人及其律师向法庭口头陈述其支持或反对法庭应作出某种判决或应给予某种救济的理由和根据；２指法庭听取双方当事人就某一申请或上诉作口头辩论的程序。
argument. 1. A statement that attempts to persuade; esp., the remarks of counsel in analyzing and pointing out or repudiating a desired inference, for the assistance of a decision-maker. 2. The act or process of attempting to persuade. See ORAL ARGUMENT; CLOSING ARGUMENT.
A court, esp. an appellate court, that is familiar with the briefs filed in the case, and therefore with the issues, before oral argument. • Typically, a hot court controls the oral argument with its questioning, as opposed to listening passively to set presentations of counsel.
circuit mediator. An attorney-employee of a U.S. court of appeals who mediates civil cases, usu. before oral argument. — Also termed preargument-conference attorney; settlement counsel.
prehearing conference. An optional conference for the discussion of procedural and substantive matters on appeal, usu. held in complex civil, criminal, tax, and agency cases. • Those attending are typically the attorneys involved in the case as well as a court representative such as a judge, staff attorney, or deputy clerk. Fed. R. App. P.
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bench memo. 1. A short brief submitted by a lawyer to a trial judge, often at the judge’s request. 2. A legal memorandum prepared by an appellate judge’s law clerk to help the judge in preparing for oral argument and perhaps in drafting an opinion. • A trial-court judge may similarly assign a bench memo
May it please the court. An introductory phrase that lawyers use when first addressing a court, esp. when presenting oral argument to an appellate court.
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submission, n. 1. A yielding to the authority or will of another (his resistance ended in an about-face: complete submission). 2. A contract in which the parties agree to refer their dispute to a third party for resolution (in their submission to arbitration, they referred to the rules of the American Arbitration Association). [Cases: Arbitration