Conclusory definition
Conclusory means “[e]xpressing a factual inference without stating the underlying facts on which the inference is based.” Black’s Law Dictionary 351 (10th ed. 2014).
Conclusory means “expressing a factual infer- ence without stating the underlying facts on which the inference is based.” *1382 Black's Law Diction- ary 284 (7th ed.1999). As illustrated in the ex- amples at footnote 23, the Aisenbergs' complaint includes a long list of accusatory, evocative allega- tions, leveling against the prosecutors sundry charges of malevolence and malignancy. However, as stated, neither the tartness of the allegation nor its determined repetition alters its character as a conclusion and transforms conclusion into fact. Stated simply, to allege a soldier is a “traitor” and “deserter” is a more conclusion; to allege that on a specified day at a specified place a member of the armed forces lawfully committed to combat by his superior officer during a declared war willfully and unjustifiably threw down his weapon in the course of battle and fled from the enemy in defiance of a direct, simultaneous, and lawful order and accosted his fellow soldiers in an attempt to injure or kill them and to materially assist the enemy-that alleges treason and desertion, a claim to which the word “traitor” or “deserter” is unnecessary. The Aisen- bergs' complaint alleges conclusions, not facts.
Conclusory means the student offered a conclusion, often an opinion, unsupported by facts or appropriate analysis. “Needs more analysis” will require much more understanding of the lawyering process, and we shall make some progress here. Suffice that few law students ever decipher this criticism. Failure to do so means no chance at an A.
Examples of Conclusory in a sentence
Conclusory statements without support are not acceptable (see previous ‘parroting” caution) and/or a compliance matrix are insufficient to be deemed acceptable, and will result in the offer being unacceptable and ineligible for further evaluation.