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
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.