\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)
   (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal
       ending of an indictment, ``against the peace,'' etc.
   (b) 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}.
   (a) Finally.
   (b) 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}.