Con*clu"sion (?), n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.]
1. The last
part of anything; close; termination; end.
A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
Prescott.
2. Final decision; determination; result.
And the conclusion is, she shall be
thine.
Shak.
3. Any inference or result of reasoning.
4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called
premises. See Syllogism.
He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion.
Addison.
5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]
Your
wife Octavia, with her modest eyes
And still conclusion.
Shak.
6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.]
We practice likewise all conclusions
of grafting and inoculating.
Bacon.
7.
(Law) (a)
The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which
a person is
held to a particular position. Wharton.
Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by
which a party "puts himself upon the country," i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury.
Mozley & W. -- In conclusion. (a) Finally.
(b) In short. -- To try conclusions, to make a trial
or an experiment.
Like the famous ape,
To try conclusions, in the basket
creep.
Shak.
Syn. -- Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference.
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