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surmise

surmise (s[schwa]r-mIz), n. 1. An idea based on weak evidence; conjecture. 2. Hist. A suggestion, esp. to a court. 3. Hist. Eccles. law. An allegation in the complaint. • A collateral surmise is a surmise of a fact not contained in the libel. See LIBEL(3).

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conjecture

conjecture (k[schwa]n-jek-ch[schwa]r), n. A guess; supposition; surmise. [Cases: Criminal Law 486(2); Evidence 555.4(2). C.J.S. Evidence § 609.] — conjecture (k[schwa]n-jek-ch[schwa]r), vb. — conjectural (k[schwa]n-jek-ch[schwa]r-[schwa]l), adj.

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