Legal dictionary

Skeleton argument

A written summary of the arguments that a party or his/her legal representative will put forward at a trial or other hearing. Generally, it is common practice for these to be exchanged between the legal representatives for the parties a few days before a hearing, with copies being lodged with the court for use by the judge.
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