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A mixture of assumed or established facts and circumstances, developed in the form of a coherent and specific situation, which is presented to an expert witness at a trial to elicit his or her opinion. When a hypothetical question is posed, it includes all the facts in evidence needed to form an opinion and, based on the assumption that the facts are true, the witness is asked whether he or she can arrive at an opinion, and if so, to state it. |
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``And since no one can actually `been' `stay the course,' questioning it is based on a false presumption that is grammatically hypothetical at best and I'm not up here to answer hypothetical questions for it would only undermine the troops and embolden the terrorists. Garfinkel's team is not functioning as lawyers, it is providing answers to hypothetical questions," said Steve Spinola, president of REBNY. Say, if I was a virgin," he pauses, then laughs slyly, gesturing with his shoulders so that his classmates know this is a hypothetical question. |
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