Explore: Presumptions (law)

In law, a presumption is an "inference of a particular fact". There are two types of presumptions: rebuttable presumptions and irrebuttable (or conclusive)

States, an irrebuttable presumption of guilt is considered to be unconstitutional. Informal and legally illegitimate presumptions of guilt may also arise

The opposite system is a presumption of guilt. In many countries and under many legal systems, including common law and civil law systems (not to be confused

"Legislative Presumptions and Judicial Assumptions: On Parenting, Adoption, and the Best Interest of the Child". University of Kansas Law Review. 45: 49

Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty is a 2003 book about the United States Constitution written by Randy Barnett, a professor of law at the Georgetown

natural law are those presumptions that are not stated in the positive canon law, and as such do not constitute legal presumptions. Some presumptions of the

A presumption of death occurs when an individual is believed to be dead, despite the absence of direct proof of the person's death, such as the finding

Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than

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

The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, which