Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Conclusive.
- adjective Law Relating to or being a conclusion of fact presented without the statement of specific supporting evidence upon which the conclusion is based.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Conclusive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Conclusive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
conclusion ;conclusive . - adjective Law: Offering a conclusion without supporting factual evidence; question-begging.
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Examples
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Here, the Complaint alleges in conclusory fashion and upon information and belief that defendant used “an online media distribution system” to download and distribute certain alleged copyrighted recordings to the public, and/or to make such recordings “available for distribution to others.”
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Anyway, your opponents (the majority) have proven responsive to arguments about benefits, but do not want to confer the special status that comes along with marriage, largely because to do so would require them to violate a key component of their religion (which in short, conclusory manner is: man and woman are different, their union as one unique).
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Anyway, your opponents (the majority) have proven responsive to arguments about benefits, but do not want to confer the special status that comes along with marriage, largely because to do so would require them to violate a key component of their religion (which in short, conclusory manner is: man and woman are different, their union as one unique).
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The trial court determined that "conclusory" allegations contained in the defendant's affidavit supporting the motion were failed to create a factual issue sufficient to warrant a hearing.
Criminal Law 2007
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The trial court determined that "conclusory" allegations contained in the defendant's affidavit supporting the motion were failed to create a factual issue sufficient to warrant a hearing.
NY Court of Appeals 2007
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DGSource's profits were "conclusory" and provided without context.
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The panel majority found Applicant's evidence "conclusory" and lacking in sufficient detail as to the extent of media recognition and exposure.
The TTABlog® 2009
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The court dismisses Plaintiffs 'allegations of recklessness as being purely "conclusory" because Plaintiffs failed to plead specific acts constituting recklessness.
theRacetotheBottom - Headline News Rachel Taylon 2008
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No longer did courts have to accept the allegations of the complaint as true; the Court said that conclusory allegations of fact should be ignored by federal courts.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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Don't make conclusory statements about doctrine like: there is a contract in this case because there was an offer, an acceptance and consideration.
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