Lundy "has failed to provide a discernible argument to support [her] bare assertion[.]" In re Estate of Burkhalter , 354 Ga. App. 231, 237 (2) (a), 840 S.E.2d 614 (2020). See also Woods v. Hall , 315 Ga. App. 93, 96, 726 S.E.2d 596 (2012) ("an assertion of error followed by a case citation is not legal argument, which requires, at a minimum, a discussion of the appropriate law as applied to the relevant facts") (citation, punctuation, and emphasis omitted).

But the Estate has abandoned this claim of error by failing to support its conclusory assertion with any citation to state or federal legal authority or meaningful argument. See Court of Appeals Rule 25 (d) (1) ("Any enumeration of error that is not supported in the brief by citation of authority or argument may be deemed abandoned."); In re Estate of Burkhalter, 354 Ga. App. 231, 237 (2) (a), n. 32, 840 S.E.2d 614 (2020) ("Mere conclusory statements are not the type of meaningful argument contemplated by our rules.") (citation and punctuation omitted); Gresham v. Harris, 349 Ga. App. 134, 138 (1), n. 9, 825 S.E.2d 516 (2019) (explaining that "cogent legal analysis . is, at a minimum, a discussion of the appropriate law as applied to the relevant facts") (citation, punctuation, and emphasis omitted). [38] 2. The Estate’s Negligence Claims.

(Citation and punctuation omitted.) In re Estate of Burkhalter, 354 Ga. App. 231, 235, 840 S.E.2d 614 (2020). So viewed, the record shows that Lillian Knight died in July 2019, leaving as survivors her daughter Karen and her sons David and John.

First of all, Contour has abandoned this contention because it neither elaborates any argument nor cites any legal authority supporting the conclusory sentence. See In re Estate of Louise Ray Burkhalter, 354 Ga.App. 231, 237 (2) (a), n. 32 (840 S.E.2d 614) (2020) ("Mere conclusory statements are not the type of meaningful argument contemplated by our rules.") (citation and punctuation omitted);Gresham v. Harris, 349 Ga.App. 134, 138 (1), n. 9 (825 S.E.2d 516) (2019) (reciting that "legal analysis . . . is, at a minimum, a discussion of the appropriate law as applied to the relevant facts") (citation, punctuation, and emphasis omitted).

(Citation and punctuation omitted.) In re Estate of Burkhalter , 354 Ga. App. 231, 237 (2) (a) & n. 32, 840 S.E.2d 614 (2020). See Woods v. Hall , 315 Ga. App. 93, 96, 726 S.E.2d 596 (2012) (noting that "legal argument ... requires, at a minimum, a discussion of the appropriate law as applied to the relevant facts," and pointing out that an assertion of error followed by a legal citation is not sufficient).

And to the extent the city makes claims on appeal based on any violation other than the alleged hours-of-operation violation, it "has abandoned [those] claims of error because [it] fails to provide relevant authority or make cognizable legal arguments to support them." In re Estate of Burkhalter , 354 Ga. App. 231, 236 (2), 840 S.E.2d 614 (2020). Because the city does not argue that the record supports the mayor's finding of violations of the provisions of the ordinance cited in her letter, we affirm.

As this Court has admonished before, "a mere reference to a case citation to support a conclusory allegation is not the type of meaningful argument contemplated by our rules." In re Estate of Burkhalter , 354 Ga. App. 231, 236 (2) (a) n.31, 840 S.E.2d 614 (2020). See also Dixon v. MARTA , 242 Ga. App. 262, 266 (4), 529 S.E.2d 398 (2000) ("Rhetoric is not a substitute for cogent legal analysis, which is, at a minimum, a discussion of the appropriate law as applied to the relevant facts.... [A]ppellate judges should not be expected to take pilgrimages into records in search of error without the compass of citation and argument.") (citation and punctuation omitted).