point reserved

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
POINT RESERVED. A point or question of law which the court, not being fully 
satisfied how to decide, in the hurried trial of a cause, rules in favor of 
the party offering it, but subject to revision on a motion for a new trial. 
If, after argument, it be found to have been ruled correctly, the verdict is 
supported; if otherwise, it is set aside. 
    

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