Lawyers build me, logicians test me, and one weak premise can make me collapse. What am I?

Type:Logic

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Hint: It stands only if its reasons hold.

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An argument

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An argument is built from reasons or premises. In law or logic, a weak premise can make the whole argument fail.

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