单词 | presumption of fact |
释义 | > as lemmaspresumption of fact presumption of fact n. a supposition that the law allows to be made; the inference of a fact not itself known for certain, but based on certainly known facts, which the jury is at liberty but not compelled to draw. ΘΚΠ society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > inference or presumption presumption of law1607 presumption of innocence1730 presumption of fact1827 1827 J. H. Mathews Treat. Doctr. Presumption i. 1 Presumptions of fact are conclusions drawn from particular circumstances. 1877 F. Wharton Law of Evid. II. §1226. 440 A presumption of fact is a logical argument from a fact to a fact; or..it is an argument which infers a fact otherwise doubtful, from a fact which is proved. 1956 T. O. Elias Nature of Afr. Customary Law xii. 256 If the case were properly probed, the basis of the elders' decision would be found to be a rebuttable but unrebutted presumption of fact against the man. 2001 J. G. Collier Conflict of Laws (ed. 3) i. vi. 61 This question is complicated by the existence of presumptions in English and foreign laws. These may be presumptions of law... Or they may be presumptions of fact, such as the presumption of sanity. < as lemmas |
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