Definition of Presumptions. Meaning of Presumptions. Synonyms of Presumptions

- In law, a presumption is an "inference of a particular fact". There are two types of presumptions: rebuttable presumptions and irrebuttable (or conclusive)...
- The presumption of innocence is a legal principle that every person accused of any crime is considered innocent until proven guilty. Under the presumption...
- A presumption of death occurs when a person is believed to be dead, despite the absence of direct proof of the person's death, such as the finding of...
- December 2019. "Prima Facie Presumptions of Guilt" (1972) 121 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 531 Fellman. "Statutory Presumptions of Guilt". The Defendant's...
- Presumption of paternity in paternity law and common law is the legal determination that a man is "presumed to be" a child's biological father without...
- The presumption of advancement is a legal presumption which arises in various common law jurisdictions in relation to the transfers of money or other...
- The "presumption of legitimacy" is a common law rule of evidence that states that a child born within the subsistence of a marriage is presumed to be...
- Law. Sometimes judges use natural law presumptions as their basis for judicial presumptions. As to the presumption judicis or hominis, it is denoted by...
- The presumption of regularity is a presumption that forms part of the law of evidence of England and Wales. It is expressed by the maxim of law omnia praesumuntur...
- A Presumption of Death is a 2002 Lord Peter Wimsey–Harriet Vane mystery novel by Jill Paton Walsh, based loosely on The Wimsey Papers by Dorothy L. Sayers...