In law, a presumption is an "inference of a particular fact". There are two types of presumptions: rebuttable presumptions and irrebuttable (or conclusive)...
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The presumption of innocence is a legal principle that every person accused of any crime is considered innocent until proven guilty. Under the presumption...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A presumption of guilt is any presumption within the criminal justice system that a person is guilty of a crime, for example a presumption that a suspect...
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Restoring the Lost Constitution (redirect from Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty)
Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty is a 2003 book about the United States Constitution written by Randy Barnett, a professor...
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The presumption of advancement is a legal presumption which arises in various common law jurisdictions in relation to the transfers of money or other...
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In constitutional law, the presumption of constitutionality is the legal principle that the judiciary should presume statutes enacted by the legislature...
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The presumption of sanity is a legal presumption. Its effect is that a person who faces criminal trial is presumed sane until the opposite is proved. Similarly...
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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...
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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...
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Presumption in the canon law of the Catholic Church is a term signifying a reasonable conjecture concerning something doubtful, drawn from arguments and...
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Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein is an 1823 play in three acts by Richard Brinsley Peake based on the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern...
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held that a presumption of vindictiveness exists where there exists a realistic likelihood of vindictiveness, but that there is "no presumption of vindictiveness...
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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...
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controversial and subject to critique. Related concepts are cisnormativity (the presumption that cisgender identity is preferred or normal) and cissexism (bias or...
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In New Zealand, the presumption of supply is a rebuttable presumption in criminal law which is governed by the New Zealand Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. It...
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Chazakah (section Various other presumptions)
romanized: ḥəzāqā, lit. 'presumption') is a legal presumption In halakha (Jewish law); it establishes burden of proof. There exist many such presumptions, for example...
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The Presumption of Justice is a 2012 documentary film, directed by Boris Malagurski and Ivana Rajović, it deals with the September 2009 murder of Brice...
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concepts which will be pointed out here. Legal presumption vs consideration: A rebuttable legal presumption and preference (such as for joint custody over...
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concerning the presumption of validity in Canadian patent law and novelty. The Court of Appeal considered the effect of the presumption of validity of...
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there is intent: the earlier objective test, and the later rebuttable presumption. Both tests are used together in combination. Counterintuitively, the...
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Presumption of Innocence (Russian: Презумпция невиновности) is a 1988 Soviet crime comedy film directed by Yevgeny Tatarsky [ru]. The film tells about...
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Woolmington v DPP [1935] AC 462 is a landmark House of Lords case, where the presumption of innocence was re-consolidated (for application across the Commonwealth)...
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In Campbell, the court clarified that this is not a "hard evidentiary presumption" and that even the tendency that commercial purpose will "weigh against...
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"the generous presumption of the common law in favor of the innocence of an accused person;" yet it must be admitted that such a presumption cannot be found...
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before the United States Supreme Court in 1895 which established the presumption of innocence of persons accused of crimes. F. A. Coffin and Percival...
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of presumptions in a doctrine known as doli incapax. A child under the age of seven was presumed incapable of committing a crime. The presumption was...
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475.001-475.5018), Section 475.278 Authorized brokerage relationships; presumption of transaction brokerage; required disclosures (1) Brokerage Relationships:...
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