legal presumption

So an appraiser's entire practice may be the result of a legal presumption.

In business the legal presumption is that the parties do intend to make a valid contract.

The drop from 21 to 16 was explained by more stringent demands as to legal presumption of death.

The rationale was based on the legal presumption that "a person intends the natural consequences of his or her act."

But the California courts, disregarding the scientific evidence, applied the legal presumption that the husband was the father.

The common law principle that an agent's actions bind the principal is given the status of a legal presumption.

This allowed the school to exercise the legal presumption in favour of opening a Sixth Form.

So one or more indicative facts must be proved as the basis for constructing a legal presumption of discrimination.

It has always been the legal presumption that the mother who gives birth is the legal mother.

Legal presumption of reasonable parenting time in the event of parental separation.

They enter the criminal justice system with the legal presumption that they are juvenile delinquents.

It is often difficult to prove intention, but easier to prove the circumstances when a legal presumption will arise.

If it did not generate at least $100 in any of the five years preceding the death, the legal presumption is that the test has been met.

However, the actual legal effect of a legal presumption is not the legal determination of a fact.

There would be a legal presumption that the decision of the external reviewers was correct, but patients could disprove that assumption with enough evidence.

The next relocation battleground may be Colorado, where in 2001 the legislature abolished a legal presumption that custodial parents have the right to move.

This legal presumption is often the basis of why right of way acquisition procedures are set up the way they are.

They also recommended a legal presumption of partnership for couples which have lived together for three years, or have children together.

In several states judges have found ways to skirt the ancient legal presumption, enshrined in state laws, that a woman's husband is the father of her child.

One "law" those wily Cuban-American scofflaws were allegedly violating was the legal presumption that a father be given custody of his son.

However, I would urge the House to vote against Amendment No 48 which calls for a non-voluntary licence, or legal presumption.

Mr. North enjoys the legal presumption of innocence and also wide public support arising from his telegenic Congressional testimony two summers ago.

The 2006 Act creates a legal presumption that each party will have an equal share in household goods (excluding motor vehicles and money) acquired during the cohabitation.

There is also a legal presumption that the child has sufficient understanding to express a view as to his or her own future arrangements and to instruct a solicitor.

They often establish a legal presumption that a pit bull-type dog is prima facie a legally "dangerous" or "vicious" dog.