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Graveyard

this practice grows so that it is proved by instances adequate in character, number and extent, then the presumption will be that the dedication is complete and the graveyard has become a public graveyard where the Mahomedan

Foreign judgment

does not create an absolute estoppel. Nevertheless it is practically conclusive between the parties on the merits. Every presumption will be made in favour of a foreign judgment. It will be presumed that the court had jurisdiction,

Prescription

by the law.) Every species of prescription, by which property is acquired or lost, is founded on the presumption that he who has had a quiet and uninterrupted possession of anything for a long period of years

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Satisfaction

the legatee upon marriage or otherwise, then, from the already quoted inclination of equity against double portions, a presumption arises that the legacy was intended by the testator as a complete satisfaction. When the legacy is not

Presumptio violenta valet in lege

Presumptio violenta valet in lege [Lat.], strong presumption avails in law.

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

Declaratory

Declaratory, as the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 is 'declaratory', the presumption against construing it retrospectively so as to respect vested rights, is not applicable. As sub-s. (3) of s.

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

Violenta prasesmptio aliquando est plena probatio

Violenta prasesmptio aliquando est plena probatio (Co. Litt. 6b), violent presumption is sometimes full proof.

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

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