Presumptive: alternatives and connections

Based on personal stories or a few examples, not a structured study.

a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidenc…

(statistics) a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be comput…

To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with on or upon.

Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.

An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

additional evidence or evidence of different kind that supports a proof already offered in a proceeding

To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, un…

The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses…

To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate betwe…

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or jud…

The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and ear…

A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.

In a grounded or firmly established manner.

(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decisio…

Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing pr…

A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.