What is "in conclusion"

Conclusion \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)

   1. The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, ``against the peace,'' etc.

   2. 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.

      1. Finally.

      2. 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.

adv. As a conclusion.

adv. the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: last, lastly, finally]