A statement offered as evidence or support for a conclusion in an LSAT argument. Premises are the reasons, evidence, or facts the author presents as established in order to justify the main point; they are signaled by indicator words such as "because," "since," "for," "after all," and "given that." On the LSAT, the test-taker accepts every premise as true and evaluates only whether the premises logically support the conclusion — never whether the premises themselves are factually correct.