The phrase "preliminary arguments" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the initial arguments or points made in a discussion or debate. It is often used in legal contexts, but can also be used in other situations where there is a need for a structured and organized presentation of arguments. Example: "The lawyer presented his preliminary arguments in the opening statement, outlining the main points he would later expand on in more detail during the trial."
After a few preliminary arguments by the lawyers, the judge, Michael Mukasey, asked Sister Ping if there was anything she wanted to say.
If the London judge hearing the preliminary arguments finds for the king then, in around one year's time, Shell will have to defend itself in the British courts.
Federal District Judge Harold M. Fong, who granted the dismissals after hearing preliminary arguments on the suits in his Honolulu court earlier this month, refused to dismiss two other lawsuits brought by the Central Bank of the Philippines.
The issue of whether it is possible to try these suspects in Libya is a matter to be raised as part of the preliminary arguments under the pre-trial process before the ICC.
Judge John W. Bissell did not say at the close of today's one-day hearing when he would rule.. Michael Lindemann, a deputy attorney general for immigration, said today that even preliminary arguments on whether to open a hearing would reveal the extent of investigators' knowledge.
But assuming the case does proceed in Superior Court, lawyers on both sides expect to spend perhaps as long as six months to a year on motions and hearings on procedural matters, discovery of evidence and other preliminary arguments before a jury is selected.
1. Respondents ; preliminary argument that the mandamus petition was jurisdictionally out of time is rejected.
This high fidelity of measurements is evidence that the assessment center can be a reliable method to evaluate behaviors in this context, providing a preliminary argument regarding the use of the assessment center in the diagnostic of entrepreneurial potential.
But after sending the jury home, the judge made it clear that she was troubled by what she suggested was a lack of evidence of a criminal conspiracy, and asked for an unusual preliminary argument by prosecutors.
See also the following argument Thomas Aquinas records in favor of universal hylomorphism (Aquinas [1949], article 1, 24th preliminary argument, p. 19): "Furthermore, every thing which is in a genus is composed of genus and difference.
Once this preliminary argument is complete, the Skolemite can then proceed to use the algebraic conception of sets (plus, of course, the Löwenheim-Skolem theorems) to defend the claims about set-theoretic relativity that are made in steps 2 and 3 of his argument.
