2. Adjective. appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it. ¹
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Definition of Presumed
1. presume [v] - See also: presume
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presumed
Literary usage of Presumed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"... [such condition will be presumed] to continue to exist until the jury was
convinced to the contrary." 3. Refusal of new trial. ..."
2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"The assent of both was, however, to be presumed, unless one of them, upon notice,
refuses to accept the trust, and notifies his refusal to the debtor. ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"U is to ne presumed that they performed their duty nud sold It, and placed the
proceeds In the Treasury, and the claimant can recover iu the court of claims ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1921)
"Foreign Nations presumed to know the Constitution. In making international
agreements, however, foreign nations must look back of the President's assertions ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... shocked with the deformity of their figure, had almost excluded from the human
species, presumed to rank themselves among the enemies of Rome. ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"ECCE HOMO." PART III. BY THE RIGHT HON. WE GLADSTONE. hi two former papers I hare
presumed in some sense to speak for the author of " Ecce Homo. ..."
7. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1850)
"... naturally from situation, be presumed to have had the concurrence of my opinion,
and where, therefore, my reputation is more particularly concerned. ..."
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