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Term Definition Presumption - a legal fiction that is used in certain cases, one which is rebuttable or refutable only by clear and convincing evidence that it is false.
Application in Divorce Presumption, which has a number of applications in law, requires that in the absence of proof, certain inferences must be drawn from available evidence.

In divorce actions, for example, most states start with assumption that the husband is the father of all of the putative father.

jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

See Lord Mansfield’s Rule; Clear and Convincing.