Words starting with presumption

11 letter words starting with presumption

• presumption — the act of presuming.
• presumption of fact — a presumption based on experience or knowledge of the relationship between a known fact and a fact inferred from it.
• presumption of innocence — the rebuttable presumption of the innocence of the defendant in a criminal action in Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence, placing upon the prosecution the burden of proof of the defendant's guilt.
• presumption of law — a presumption based upon a policy of law or a general rule and not upon the facts or evidence in an individual case.
• presumption of survivorship — a presumption that one of two or more related persons was the last to die in a common disaster, made so that the estates may be settled and the final heirs determined.