- In law, a
presumption is an "inference of a
particular fact".
There are two
types of
presumptions:
rebuttable presumptions and
irrebuttable (or conclusive)...
- A
presumption of
death occurs when an
individual is
believed to be dead,
despite the
absence of
direct proof of the person's death, such as the finding...
- The
presumption of
innocence is a
legal principle that
every person accused of any
crime is
considered innocent until proven guilty.
Under the presumption...
- In
common law, the "
presumption of legitimacy" is a
legal presumption that
states that a
child born
within the
subsistence of a
marriage is
presumed to...
-
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...
-
February 2024. "Prima
Facie Presumptions of Guilt" (1972) 121
University of
Pennsylvania Law
Review 531 Fellman. "Statutory
Presumptions of Guilt". The Defendant's...
- Law.
Sometimes judges use
natural law
presumptions as
their basis for
judicial presumptions. As to the
presumption judicis or hominis, it is
denoted by...
-
Restoring the Lost Constitution: The
Presumption of
Liberty is a 2003 book
about the
United States Constitution written by
Randy Barnett, a professor...
- In Judaism, the
presumption of
priestly descent is the
presumption that a
Jewish man is a
priest (kohen),
based not on
genealogical records of descent...
- romanized: ḥəzāqā, lit. '
presumption') is a
legal presumption in
halakha (Jewish law); it
establishes burden of proof.
There exist many such
presumptions, for example...
