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presumption

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Main Entry: pre·sump·tion
Pronunciation: \pri-ˈzəm(p)-shən\
Function: 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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