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in a judge, who is already sworn to administer impartial justice, and whose authority greatly depends upon that presumption and idea, 3 Bl. Com. 361. See R. v. Cork Justices, (1910) 2 Ir. R. 271. The word

Presumably

In a presumable manner by or according to presumption

Below

Below, means in a lower court (the presumption that the decisions etc., are correct; lower on the same page or on a following page, Webster's Dictionary

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Attendant term

of the owner. The advantage of preserving these terms and assigning them to trustees (thus preventing the legal presumption of surrender), with an express declaration that they shall attend upon the inheritance, was this: If it had

Ambiguis casibus semper presumitur pro rege

Ambiguis casibus semper presumitur pro rege [Lat.], In doubtful cases there is always a presumption in favour of the Crown.

Ad medium filum vi' (aqu')

33 CD 133, and City of London Land Tax Commissioners v. Central London Railway, 1913 AC 364. The presumption does not apply to a railway that is a boundary, Thompson v. Hickman, (1907) 1 Ch 550.

Acting honestly

be present in the mind of the negligent person, whether actually it was there or not. This legal presumption is drawn through the well-known hypothetical reasonable man. Reckless disregard of consequences and mala fides stand equal, where

Access

Access, approach, or the means of approaching. The presumption of a child's legitimacy is rebutted, if it be shown by strong, distinct, satisfactory, and conclusive evidence, see

Presupposition

The act of presupposing an antecedent implication presumption

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

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