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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译者Celia，毕业于新加坡知名法学院，擅长翻译涉及信息和智能技术领域的法律文件。