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Res ipsa loquitur

thing speaks for itself'. A doctrine or rule of evidence in tort law that permits an inference or presumption that a defendant was negligent in an accident injuring the plaintiff on the basis of circumstantial evidence if

Enlargement or abridgement of time

of delay in filing special leave petition are excepted from the business of a Chamber Judge. The natural presumption is that but for the exception the Rule would have included also applications for condonation of delay in

possession

it is generally known by people in the vicinity of the property and so gives rise to a presumption that the owner has notice of it precarious possession in the civil law of Louisiana : possession of

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Cy-pres

it practically can be, i.e., cy-pres. This modification is derived from the Civil Law, and stands upon the presumption tht the donor could not have intended to require imposiblities, but only a substantial compliance withhis, directions, as

means test

debtor's nonpriority unsecured debt, as long as that amount is at least $6,000. The debtor may rebut a presumption of abuse only by a showing of special circumstances that justify additional expenses or adjustments of current monthly

unrebuttable

unrebuttable : not rebuttable [an presumption]

statutory

relating to a statute or statutes [a provision] 2 : enacted, created, regulated, or defined by statute [a presumption] [a insider] stat·u·to·ri·ly [sta-chə-tōr-ə-lē] adv

res ipsa loquitur

speaks for itself] : a doctrine or rule of evidence in tort law that permits an inference or presumption that a defendant was negligent in an accident injuring the plaintiff on the basis of circumstantial evidence if

rebut

: to refute, counteract, or disprove (as opposing evidence) by evidence or argument [ damaging testimony] [ a presumption] re·but·ta·ble adj re·but·ta·bly adv

prior restraint

United States, the U.S. Supreme Court restated its position that “any system of prior restraints” bears “a heavy presumption against constitutional validity” and that the government “carries a heavy burden of showing justification for the imposition of

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