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Contra

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001270

A legal citation signal used to indicate that the cited authority states a proposition opposite to the one in the main text. When used in a legal brief or memorandum, it alerts the reader that the source directly contradicts the preceding statement or argument. This signal is distinct from "compare," which introduces an authority that offers a different but not directly contradictory line of reasoning.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001270
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001270",
  "term": "Contra",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal citation signal used to indicate that the cited authority states a proposition opposite to the one in the main text. When used in a legal brief or memorandum, it alerts the reader that the source directly contradicts the preceding statement or argument. This signal is distinct from \"compare,\" which introduces an authority that offers a different but not directly contradictory line of reasoning.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/contra/"
}

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