presumption
noun
pre·sump·tion
pri-ˈzəm(p)-shən
1
: presumptuous attitude or conduct : audacity
2
a
: an attitude or belief dictated by probability : assumption
b
: the ground, reason, or evidence lending probability to a belief
3
: a legal inference as to the existence or truth of a fact not certainly known that is drawn from the known or proved existence of some other fact
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