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Violent Presumption

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A strong or necessary presumption. 3 Bl. Comm. 371; Burr. Circ. Ev. 60.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A very strong and forcible one, but not necessarily conclusive. See 75 Ala. 411.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the law of evidence. Proof of a fact by the proof of circumstances which necessarily attend it. 3 Bl. Comm. 371. Violent presumption la many times equal to full proof. Id. See Davis v. Curry, 2 Bibb (Ky.) 239; Shealy v. Edwards, 75 Ala. 419.

Defined under Violent in Black's Law Dictionary.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A presumption of the truth of a fact founded on circumstances which are necessarily followed by it or attended with it. Violent profits: in Scotch law, double the rent; the extreme value of the land.