PRESUMPTION


Meaning of PRESUMPTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pri-ˈzəm(p)-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English presumpcioun, from Anglo-French presumption, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin praesumption-, praesumptio presumptuous attitude, from Latin, assumption, from praesumere

Date: 13th century

1. : presumptuous attitude or conduct : audacity

2.

a. : an attitude or belief dictated by probability : assumption

b. : the ground, reason, or evidence lending probability to a belief

3. : a legal inference as to the existence or truth of a fact not certainly known that is drawn from the known or proved existence of some other fact

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