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  • 31rebuttable presumption — In the law of evidence, a presumption which may be rebutted by evidence. Otherwise called a disputable presumption. A species of legal presumption which holds good until evidence contrary to it is introduced. Beck v. Kansas City Public Service Co …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 32prima facie presumption — A presumption which holds good until overthrown by proof; a rebuttable presumption; a presumption which is not conclusive …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 33rebuttable presumption — A presumption which is not conclusive but may be overcome by opposing evidence. 30 Am J2d Ev § 1165. A provisional procedural assumption of a fact which is prescribed by a rule of a substantive law. Simpson v Simpson, 162 Va 621, 175 SE 320, 94… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 34violent presumption — A presumption which is very strong and forcible, although not necessarily a conclusive or irrebuttable one. It is an inference which the law unhesitatingly requires to be drawn from given facts; it is a conclusion quite self evident from the… …

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  • 35Proof — • The establishment of a disputed or controverted matter by lawful means or arguments. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Proof     Proof      …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 36Prescription in Civil Jurisprudence — • Prescription in some form and under some name is said to have existed as a part of the municipal law of every civilized nation, except the Jewish . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Prescription in Civil Jurisprudence      …

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  • 37McCarthyism — A 1947 propaganda comic book published by the Catechetical Guild Educational Society raising the specter of a Communist takeover McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for… …

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  • 38Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996 — The Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996 is a short Act of Parliament which abolished the year and a day rule in English law.The year and a day rule was an ancient rule of the common law which created a conclusive presumption that a death… …

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  • 39Regional Forest Agreement — The Regional Forest Agreements are 20 year plans for the conservation and sustainable management of Australia s native forests, and are intended to provide certainty to commercial forestry operations while protecting environmental values. [ [http …

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  • 40conclusively presumed — adjective Presumed by law to be true, and therefore providing no opportunity for evidence to the contrary to be presented. 1906, Richard Henslowe Wellington, The Kings Coroner, p. 61: See Also: conclusive presumption …

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