ground 1 n
1: the foundation or basis on which knowledge, belief, or conviction rests: a premise, reason, or collection of data upon which something (as a legal action or argument) relies for validity
sued the city on the ground that the city...had wrongfully released...records — City of Lawton v. Moore, 868 P.2d 690 (1993)
listed adultery and alcoholism as the ground s for divorce
2: a piece or parcel of land
the design being to create high ground for use during overflow periods — Bright v. Perkins, 239 S.W.2d 281 (1951)
a sudden disruption of a piece of ground from one man's land — Porter v. Arkansas Western Gas Co., 482 S.W.2d 598 (1972)
ground·less adj
ground·less·ly adv
ground·less·ness n
ground 2 vt: to furnish a ground for: set on a basis
that court ground ed the disclosure requirement in negligence law — Scott v. Bradford, 606 P.2d 554 (1979)
an argument ground ed on erroneous assumptions
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.