Definition of Opening speech

1. Noun. (legal) 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. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Opening Speech

opening credits
opening fire
opening hours
opening line
opening move
opening movement
opening night
opening of an envelope
opening of external acoustic meatus
opening of inferior vena cava
opening of internal acoustic meatus
opening of pulmonary trunk
opening of superior vena cava
opening of the sphenoidal sinus
opening speech (current term)
opening speeches
opening statement
opening statements
opening to cerebral aqueduct
openings
openings of pulmonary veins
openly
openm
openminded
openmouthed
openmouthedly
openmouthedness
openness
opennesses

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