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Sexton
is chosen by the incumbent, but sometimes by the parishioners, according to custom. There is, it seems, no presumption in law that the office of sexton in an ancient parish church is a freehold for life, Rex
Stabit prasumptio donec probetur in contrarium
Stabit prasumptio donec probetur in contrarium (Co. Rep. 71b), a presumption will stand good until the contrary is proved.
Super falso et certo fingitur, super incerto et vero jure sumitur
fingitur, super incerto et vero jure sumitur, a fiction assumes that the thing feigned is certainly untrue: a presumption of law assumes that what is presumed is not certain to be true. No one ever believed that
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Support
on Easements. The right of an owner to the support of surface in its natural position is a presumption of Common Law and not part of a grant of mines or power to work the same, and
Tail
not bound to pay off any charge or incumbrance affecting the estate; if, however, he do so, the presumption is that the meant to exonerate the estate (for he might, if he pleased, have acquired the fee-simple),
Unless the contrary is proved
Unless the contrary is proved, the words 'unless the contrary is proved' mean that the presumption raised by s. 4 has to be rebutted by proof and not by bare explanation which may be
Violenta prasesmptio aliquando est plena probatio
Violenta prasesmptio aliquando est plena probatio (Co. Litt. 6b), violent presumption is sometimes full proof.
Way
however, between them and highways, that the right to the soil of a navigable river is not, by presumption of law, in the owners of the adjoining lands. Ferries may be said to be common highways, as
Wills
of kin under the statute of Distributions; by the nineteenth s., that no will shall be revoked by presumption of an intention on the ground of alteration in circumstances; by the twentieth s., 'that no will or
Lawful marriage
Lawful marriage, The presumption in favour of a lawful marriage would thus arise where there was prolonged and continued cohabitation as husband
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