arguendo

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin arguendōbor. English arguendo Borrowed from Latin arguendō.

1. for the sake of argument; assuming without deciding; identifying the premises of a hypothetical argument while making it clear that no finding is being made on whether the premises are true.

   “1978, Matter of Green, 586 F. 2d 1247 - U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Assuming arguendo that those assertions are factually true, we find respondent's claim to be without legal merit.”

   “Grant me, arguendo, that sort of scenario, with the Soviet federation rebuilding and small wars raging here and there, as the world of the millennium.”

2. Used to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.