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• overcome — I (overwhelm) verb astonish, awe strike, bewilder, bowl over, break down, burden, confound crush, daze, deluge, discomfit, drown, encumber, engulf, flood, get the upper hand, glut, hamper, immerse, inundate, overlay, overload, overpower, overtax …   Law dictionary

• presumption — pre·sump·tion /pri zəmp shən/ n: an inference as to the existence of a fact not certainly known that the law requires to be drawn from the known or proven existence of some other fact conclusive presumption: a presumption that the law does not… …   Law dictionary

• presumption — An inference in favor of a particular fact. A presumption is a rule of law, statutory or judicial, by which finding of a basic fact gives rise to existence of presumed fact, until presumption is rebutted. Van Wart v. Cook, Okl.App., 557 P.2d 1161 …   Black's law dictionary

• overcome — As used in a statute providing that a presumption may be overcome by other evidence, this term is not synonymous with overbalance or outweigh, but requires merely that such evidence counterbalance the presumption, where the party relying on it… …   Black's law dictionary

• rebuttable presumption — A presumption which is not conclusive but may be overcome by opposing evidence. 30 Am J2d Ev § 1165. A provisional procedural assumption of a fact which is prescribed by a rule of a substantive law. Simpson v Simpson, 162 Va 621, 175 SE 320, 94… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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• Common-law marriage in the United States — was affirmed by the United States Supreme Court in Meister v. Moore (96 U.S. 76 (1877)), which ruled that Michigan had not abolished common law marriage merely by producing a statute establishing rules for the solemnization of marriages. Common… …   Wikipedia

• Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. ArgueDate=January 8 ArgueYear=2002 DecideDate=May 28 DecideYear=2002 FullName=Festo Corporation, Petitioner v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Company, Ltd., et al.… …   Wikipedia

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• Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr — 533 U.S. 289 (2001) is a United States Supreme Court case involving habeas corpus relief for deportable aliens. Facts Enrico St. Cyr pleaded guilty to a controlled substance violation in Connecticut. Under U.S. Immigration Law, St. Cyr, a lawful …   Wikipedia

• law — law1 lawlike, adj. /law/, n. 1. the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision. 2 …   Universalium