presumption
IPA: prɪzˈʌmpʃʌn
noun
- The act of presuming, or something presumed.
- The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.
- The condition upon which something is presumed.
- (dated) Arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect.
- (law) 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.
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Examples of "presumption" in Sentences
- I believe that this presumption is inherently more cruel.
- This strongly indicates that her starting presumption is inferiority.
- They can't say conclusively he's not alive, and the presumption is they must aggressively pursue every avenue of this case.
- At first he was merely annoyed at what he called her presumption -- induced, he supposed, by her long connection with the family.
- The presumption is that individuals have a right to liberty that the feds, the states, and the lower levels of government should all respect.
- This stands in sharp contrast to the United States, where the default presumption is that such videos are in the public domain and can be freely used without permission.
- She was a prudent woman, that poor mother of mine, and she was afraid of her son's chastising what she called presumption, and thus embroiling himself with the Parliament people.
- The Toronto Maple Leafs are the only team that seems to have a significant amount of money to spend this summer, and the presumption is they'll see if Dallas can re-sign Derian Hatcher.
- Their basic presumption is that there is one correct way to believe (usually the one they share), and they presume that anyone not sharing that belief is aberrant, and legislate accordingly.
- _presumption_ in favor of a proposition; not sufficient for belief, but sufficient to cause the strict principles of a regular induction to be dispensed with, and creating a predisposition to believe it on evidence which would be seen to be insufficient if no such presumption existed.
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