presumption

noun presumptions

1. countable, uncountable The act of presuming, or something presumed. Yet, in contradiction to all these very plausible presumptions, even this remote period teems with its own peculiar and separate instruction.
2. countable, uncountable The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true. The presumption is that an event has taken place.
3. countable, uncountable The condition upon which something is presumed.
4. countable, dated, uncountable Arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect. Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth?
5. countable, uncountable An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence. The state, in the exercise of its general power to prescribe rules of evidence, may provide that proof of a particular fact, or of several facts taken collectively, shall be prima facie evidence of another fact when there is some rational connection between the fact proved and the ultimate fact pres

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