I challenge anyone to give me a good explanation of how the meaning of the term is in any way related to the meaning of the English words "begging the question", other than "well, that's what the Latin term translates to."
Heh, you should stay far from the field of law in that case.
I'm also not advocating running around correcting everyone who wants to use "begs the question" in this fashion. Personally, I'll use "raises the question" but accept your use of begs. Which is my point. "Begs the question" is gone now. It means something else entirely. The right time for insisting on correctness in this case was probably more than 100 years ago.
Heh, you should stay far from the field of law in that case.
I'm also not advocating running around correcting everyone who wants to use "begs the question" in this fashion. Personally, I'll use "raises the question" but accept your use of begs. Which is my point. "Begs the question" is gone now. It means something else entirely. The right time for insisting on correctness in this case was probably more than 100 years ago.