OPENING STATEMENT

opening statement

opening statement. At the outset of a trial, an advocate’s statement giving the fact-finder a preview of the case and of the evidence to be presented. • Although the opening statement is not supposed to be argumentative, lawyers — purposefully or not — often include some form of argument. The term is thus sometimes referred […]

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opening statement

opening statement 开场陈述 指律师在庭审开始时,出示证据之前向陪审团就案件性质及预计提供的证据所作的简要陈述,其目的在于使陪审团对案件事实及所涉争议具有总括性的了解,从而便于其理解随后将要提出的证据。亦称opening argument,但后一说法不正确。

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