Grounds
Grounds noun - Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.
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Third, even if the appeals court granted a new trial and Superman was unavailable to testify, that would be grounds for his testimony from the original trial to be entered into evidence.
Source: Film / Superman Returns - A few pre-trial scenes showed the attorneys talking about how this case could test the strength of the then-new marital rape laws as grounds for divorce.
Source: Marital Rape License - Darrow didn't want to win at trial anyway, but appeal the guilty verdict on the basis that the Butler Act violated the state constitution—which he did, but the Tennessee Supreme Court reversed it on a technicality, rather than constitutional grounds.
Source: Hollywood Law
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