However, in this example, the lawyer conducting the direct review may have the opportunity to rephrase the question. If the judge upholds the argumentative objection, counsel may instead ask questions such as: “Did John Doe exceed the indicated speed limit?”, “Did John Doe change lanes without proper signals?”, “How did Mr. Doe react to your comments about his driving” or “Did you feel unsafe when you were a passenger in the car driven by John Doe?” A common misconception is that argumentative questions are only intended to get a witness to argue with the examiner. This error is due to a misunderstanding of the word “argument”. The argument can mean “a set of persuasive statements” (the legal meaning discussed in this article) as well as “a verbal fight or disagreement.” Thus, an argumentative objection can only be raised if the lawyer himself puts forward a legal argument under the guise of a question. “Defamation of the witness” is the correct objection for a lawyer who annoys or mocks a witness by asking offensive or mocking questions, perhaps in order to provoke an emotional reaction. [2] “Debate is competitive reasoning, so debaters tend to be competitive and argumentative,” Lubetsky said. Mr. Shiel followed in a speech that was more personal than argumentative. This argumentative attitude has become a hallmark of his public persona. During direct examination, a lawyer asks his witness, a layman with no legal training: “So John Doe drove negligently?” The opposing counsel could raise an argumentative objection.
In this context, the term “negligent” is a legal concept of art with a precise and narrow meaning, and the witness cannot reasonably answer the question without understanding the relevant law. Since counsel “argues” her argument that John Doe was negligent in crossing the witness, the objection would be upheld and inappropriate statements would be removed from the record. When you are quarrelsome, you tend to argue or argue. An argumentative classmate always finds a reason to disagree with the teacher`s point of view. adductively as evidence; Indicative; Since adapting things to their use is an argument for infinite wisdom in the Creator, in addition to heat, shifts that should have had five or six employees had two or three, and one of Flores` former supervisors was “very quarrelsome,” Flores told “Today.” A “why” question, which is always dangerous for various reasons, is particularly offensive when it is argumentative. The argumentative power of the authorized passage deserves its doctrinal significance. And being too argumentative can cost you some of your social circle. Moreover, it could not be denied that even the elderly and quarrelsome listened to his speeches. “an argumentative discourse”; “quarrelsome to the point of belligerence”; “An intelligent but argumentative child” He simply took his model and shortened it by throwing away any argumentative, illustrative and expanding material. Some have speculated that the Hampton pitch could be a new addition to the Atlanta Housewives cast.
given the argument; designated by argument; quarrelsome; As an argumentative writer, there was something that caught his attention in his note—a desire, half desperate, half-quarrelsome, to believe in. You`d probably like to be part of a debate team if you`re inherently argumentative. Argumentative people always seem to find an argument or a disagreement. When it first appeared in the 15th century, argumentatively simply described everything that had to do with arguments, from the Latin root arguere, “to clarify, make known or demonstrate”. In the 1660s, it also meant “to love to argue.” Argumentation is an objection to the evidence raised in response to a question that leads a witness to draw conclusions of fact. An argumentative objection is raised as “harassment of the witness”. Often, argumentative questions are not intended to establish additional facts or to verify the reliability of existing facts. Instead, they are only supposed to get one witness to argue with the examiner. An “argumentative” objection is often expressed as an “argumentative objection, Your Honour.” Adjective ⁕ willingly or given for arguments and disputes; quarrelsome; Controversy: Law students were an exceptionally quarrelsome group. ⁕characterized by or by argument; Controversial: an argumentative position on political issues.
⁕ Law. argue or contain arguments suggesting that a particular fact tends to a particular conclusion.