shalove said:
could you plz define a Prima Facia? SHALOVE
Definitions of prima facie on the Web:
* A legal presumption that arises from a basic showing of facts which will control a decision unless explicitly proved untrue. In the EEO area, statistics of under utilization have been sufficient to make a prima facie case for discrimination. It is then the responsibility of the employer to justify those statistics.
www.sunysb.edu/diversity/Glossary.html
* So far as can be judged from the disclosure; presumably; a fact presumed to be true unless disproved by some evidence to the contrary.
court.nol.org/publications/glossary.htm
* Literally means "at first sight" or "on the face of it." "Prima facie evidence" is evidence that is good and sufficient on its face. A plaintiff makes out a "prima facie case" when he or she presents "prima facie evidence," which means that the plaintiff is permitted to prevail on that evidence alone, unless the defendant can put forth sufficient evidence to overcome it.
www.edgarsnyder.com/resources/terms/p.html
* Evidence good and sufficient on its face.
www.courts.state.va.us/glossary_of_court_terms.html
* at first glance, on the first appearance. In legal contexts prima facie evidence is considered sufficient to establish a claim in the absence of counter-evidence; hence, in this context prima facie evidence is relatively strong. In much philosophical writing, however, it is most often the case that reasons or evidence is called prima facie as a rhetorical preamble to presenting counter-evidence or counter-argument. Thus, in philosophical contexts ‘prima facie’ carries the connotation not of strength, but of weakness.
philosophy.wlu.edu/gregoryp/class/fall02/313/glossary.html
* Latin for "On its face," or "at first view." At first glance; as things appear on the first impression.
www.wwind.com/legal_dictionary/p.htm
* Presumptive on its face.
www.rpmlx.com/Glossary/glossaryP.htm
* Latin phrase meaning "at first sight." Thus, in the ethics of WD Ross, a prima facie duty is a defeasible presumption that we are obligated to perform an action. Recommended Reading: WD Ross, The Right and the Good (Hackett, 1988) {at Amazon.com} and Mary Anne Warren, Moral Status: Obligations to Persons and Other Living Things (Clarendon, 1997) {at Amazon.com}. Also see IEP.
www.philosophypages.com/dy/p9.htm
* Literally, "on its face." A fact presumed to be true unless disproved by some other evidence. In a criminal case, when the prosecution rests, the state's case is said to be prima facie, if the evidence so far introduced is sufficient to convict.
www.utcourts.gov/resources/glossary.htm
* Latin for at first sight. Fact assumed to be true unless subsequent evidence disproves it.
www.yourwebassistant.net/glossary/p18.htm
* (Lat.) At first view or on its face. Requiring no additional support to establish validity or credibility. Presumed to be true unless disproved by evidence to the contrary. Refers to evidence that, at first appearance, seems to establish a particular fact, but that may be later contradicted by other evidence.
ilawyer.com/library/glossary.jsp
* Latin - on the face of it or at first sight.
www.sands-trustee.com/pq.htm
* a Latin term meaning "at first sight"; used to describe a fact that is presumed to be true unless disproved by contrary evidence;
www.manitobacourts.mb.ca/english/definitions.html
* At first appearance, at first view before investigation.
www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/audit/motorfue/glossary.htm
* by a first or initial showing (of the minimum evidence needed to support some conclusion of fact or law). GS 116-143.1(e), in part, makes the domicile of a student's parents prima facie evidence of the student's domicile. Read along with the rest of subsection (e) and with reference to subsection (d), however, this provision is transformed by the whole statute from the minimum evidence function into simply a substantive beginning point of inquiry for the residence classification.
regweb.oit.unc.edu/residency/manual_terms.php
* Literally, at first view. Thus, that which first appears seems to be true.
www.crfonline.org/orc/glossary/p.html
* at first view; that which appears to be true and is accepted as being true as long as contrary evidence is not detected.
www.ots.treas.gov/glossary/gloss-p.html
* A case, which has proceeded upon sufficient proof to that stage where it will support findings if evidence to the contrary is disregarded.
www.courts.state.mn.us/districts/fourth/General/LegalTerms6.htm
* Evidence sufficient in law to establish a fact unless rebutted.
www.creditworthy.com/info/glossary.html
* At first glance
www.insurexchange.com/glossary/pandi.htm
* In a legal context: at first look; self-evident. Paul Williams and Norman Cigar, two fellows at The Balkan Institute, prepared a prima facie case for the indictment of Slobodan Milosevic by the International Criminal Tribunal in 1997. They concluded that Milosevic was legally responsible for war crimes in Bosnia between 1991 and 1995. The Tribunal reviewed the prima facie and chose not to indict Milosevic. Frontline researcher Michelle Nicholasen reported on the possible reasons for the tribunal's action in "What About Milosevic?"
www.facsnet.org/issues/specials/kosovo/glossary.php3
* Latin, "on first appearance." A term frequently encountered in foreign trade. When a steamship company issues a clean bill of lading, it acknowledges that the goods were received "in apparent good order and condition" and this is said by the courts to constitute prima facie evidence of the conditions of the containers; that is, if nothing to the contrary appears, it must be inferred that the cargo was in good condition when received by the carrier.
www.fibre2fashion.com/texterms/shipping_terms/shipping_terms12.htm
* ‘On the face of it’; ‘on the first impression’.
www.lrc.justice.wa.gov.au/RevCCJS-p92/finalreport/finalreporthtml/glossary.html
* as it seems at first sight; "a prima facie case of murder"
* at first sight
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
* Prima facie is a Latin expression meaning "at first sight," used in Common law regions to denote a case that is strong enough to justify further discovery and possibly a full trial.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_facie
