rebuttable presumption

rebuttable presumption
rebuttable presumption see presumption

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

rebuttable presumption
n.
A presumption that can be refuted with evidence; an assumption that is held to be true until refuted by evidence.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


rebuttable presumption

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


rebuttable presumption
An assumption of fact accepted by the court to be true unless someone proves it to be untrue. A rebuttable presumption is often drawn from prima facie evidence.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


rebuttable presumption
A conclusion as to the existence or nonexistence of a fact that a judge or jury must draw when certain evidence has been introduced and admitted as true in a lawsuit but that can be contradicted by evidence to the contrary.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


rebuttable presumption
A conclusion as to the existence or nonexistence of a fact that a judge or jury must draw when certain evidence has been introduced and admitted as true in a lawsuit but that can be contradicted by evidence to the contrary.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

rebuttable presumption
n.
   since a presumption is an assumption of fact accepted by the court until disproved, all presumptions are rebuttable. Thus rebuttable presumption is a redundancy.
   See also: presumption

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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