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Raise a presumption

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

To give occasion or ground for a presumption; to be of such a character, or to be attended with such circumstances, as to justify an inference or presumption of law. Thus, a person's silence, in some instances, will "raise a presumption" of his consent to what is done.