"opening speech" meaning in English

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        "In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by either party at the beginning of a trial or comparable factfinding proceeding, in which that party lays out their case, generally including the points of fact that they intend to demonstrate and to some degree indicating the rhetorical arguments for why they should prevail."
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        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
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          "trial",
          "trial"
        ],
        [
          "factfinding",
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        ],
        [
          "fact",
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          "rhetoric",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by either party at the beginning of a trial or comparable factfinding proceeding, in which that party lays out their case, generally including the points of fact that they intend to demonstrate and to some degree indicating the rhetorical arguments for why they should prevail."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opening statement"
        },
        {
          "word": "opening argument"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "statement made at the beginning",
          "word": "avauspuhe"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "statement made at the beginning",
          "word": "açılış konuşması"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "opening speech"
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        "In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by either party at the beginning of a trial or comparable factfinding proceeding, in which that party lays out their case, generally including the points of fact that they intend to demonstrate and to some degree indicating the rhetorical arguments for why they should prevail."
      ],
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          "law",
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        ],
        [
          "statement",
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        ],
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          "trial"
        ],
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          "factfinding"
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          "fact",
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        ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by either party at the beginning of a trial or comparable factfinding proceeding, in which that party lays out their case, generally including the points of fact that they intend to demonstrate and to some degree indicating the rhetorical arguments for why they should prevail."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "opening statement"
    },
    {
      "word": "opening argument"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "statement made at the beginning",
      "word": "avauspuhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "statement made at the beginning",
      "word": "açılış konuşması"
    }
  ],
  "word": "opening speech"
}