Definition of Presumptions

1. Noun. (plural of presumption) ¹

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Definition of Presumptions

1. presumption [n] - See also: presumption

Lexicographical Neighbors of Presumptions

presumable
presumably
presume
presumed
presumed(a)
presumedly
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presuming
presumingly
presummer
presummit
presummits
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presumptious
presumptive
presumptively
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presupernova
presupposal
presupposals
presuppose
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presupposing
presupposition

Literary usage of Presumptions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual for Courts-martial, Courts of Inquiry and of Other Procedure Under by United States War Dept (1916)
"Presumptions. I 276. Presumptions.—Presumptions constitute a large part of the law of evidence. They are of two kinds—presumptions of law and presumptions ..."

2. The Principles of the Law of Evidence: With Elementary Rules for Conducting by William Mawdesley Best, John Archibald Russell, Appleton Morgan (1882)
"317 Division of presumptions of fact into violent, probable, and light 317 ... 324 Grounds of 324 Artificial presumptions formerly carried too far . ..."

3. Commentaries on the Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones, Louis Horwitz (1913)
"Presumptions of Fact—Definitions and Illustrations. S lOd. ... Presumptions Arising from the Spoliation or Fabrication or Suppression of Evidence—Things. ..."

4. The Principles of the Law of Evidence: With Elemenatry Rules for Conducting by William Mawdesley Best, Charles Frederic Chamberlayne (1883)
"828 Conflicting presumptions . . . • 829 Kules respecting 830 take precedence of general . 831 Rule 2. Presumptions derived from the course of nature are ..."

5. The Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones (1908)
"Statutory presumptions of this class. 48. Presumptions of regularity In unofficial acts—In ... Presumptions that documents have been duly executed. 61. ..."

6. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"Some writers say that presumptions are either ' legal and artificial' or ' natural." They divide 'artificial or legal presumptions' into two kinds, ..."

7. Elements of American Jurisprudence by William Callyhan Robinson (1900)
"Instances of presumptions juris tantum are: that all human beings are sane; ... Though presumptions juris et jure are sometimes necessary and often ..."

8. The Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones (1896)
"Presumptions arising from the spoliation or fabrication or suppression of evidence. § 17. ... Presumptions not allowed to contradict the record_. § 28. ..."

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