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We may at times produce the effect of a proposition, even though it is not in itself a proposition, by
adding after the statement of facts some phrase such
as the following: “These are the points on which
you will give your decision,” thereby reminding the
judge to give special attention to the question and
giving him a fillip to emphasise the point that we
have finished the statement of facts and are beginning
the proof, so that when we start to verify our statements he may realise that he has reached a fresh stage
where he must begin to listen with renewed attention.
V. Partition may be defined as the enumeration in
order of our own propositions, those of our adversary
or both. It is held by some that this is indispensable on the ground that it makes the case clearer
and the judge more attentive and more ready to be
instructed, if he knows what we are speaking about
and what we are going subsequently to speak about.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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