Disputable Presumption
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A presumption of law, which may be rebutted or disproved.
Best, Pres. § 25; Burr. Circ. Ev. 47.
DISPUTATIO FORI (Lat.) Argument in court. Du Cange. DISRATIONARE (Law Lat.; Law Fr. desreigner).
In old English law
To prove; to deraign; to establish or make good a claim, charge, or accusation. Bracton, fol.
138.
Spelman considers this as merely another form of dirationare, and makes its proper signification to be to disprove or refute, from dis, priv, and ratiodnoH, to prove. It is, however, never employed in this sense by Bracton, who uses it frequently, but only in the sense first given. Bracton, fol.
138.
See Id. fols.
101b, 119, 372b,