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3. The person responsible for organising a debating competition
7. Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing
11. When a judge is prevented from adjudicating a team due to a potential bias.
12. The current state of affairs, the present system
13. The process of drawing conclusions from evidence
14. An illegitimate and unreasonable attempt by opening government to restrict or shift a motion.
15. Collection of written material designed to prepare cases for debates.

1. Points allocated to individual speakers based on their speech in the debate. Usually marked out of 100. Also known as 'speaks'.
2. Refers to a concession made in rhetoric to an adversary in order to strengthen one's argument
4. To offer points of information too quickly in succession and be disruptive.
5. Speech that rebuilds arguments after attacks, refutes arguments of the opposing team, and summarizes the debate Generally, no new arguments are allowed in rebuttal speeches.
6. Any knockout round after the break in which only the top teams take part.
8. That occasion when a person indirectly asserts something that they profess to ignore or pass over
9. General discussion about something expressing different opinions
10. When teams have the number of team points equivalent to just getting seconds in all their debates. Often used as a reference point for success.
11. A reserve team put into the competition to ensure a multiple of 4 teams or when a team is absent