prima facie
On initial appearance
Prima facie is a Latin legal term meaning "at first appearance" or "on the face of it." A prima facie case presents enough evidence to establish a fact unless contradicted: The prosecution established a prima facie case of fraud.
Outside law, it means apparently true based on initial impression: Prima facie, the plan seems sound.
Easily perceived, unmistakable
- evidentClearly perceived or understood
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
- plainBasic and unremarkable
visible · patent · unmistakable · ostensible · seeming · surface · outward · face-value
Unverified belief accepted as true
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
preliminary · rebuttable · uncontested · accepted · initial · threshold · starting point · default
Demonstration of truth
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- sufficientMeeting minimum requirements
adequate · establish · demonstrate · corroborate · support · substantiate · witness · affidavit
Duty to prove allegations
- admissibleAllowed to be considered
- rebuttableCapable of being disproved
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- thresholdPoint of beginning
standard · cause · showing · determination · ruling · motion to dismiss · summary judgment · pleading
obvious
Easily perceived, unmistakable
- evidentClearly perceived or understood
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
plain · visible · patent · unmistakable · ostensible · seeming · surface · outward · face-value · at first glance
assumption
Unverified belief accepted as true
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
provisional · preliminary · rebuttable · uncontested · accepted · initial · threshold · starting point · default · putative
proof
Demonstration of truth
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
sufficient · adequate · establish · demonstrate · corroborate · support · substantiate · witness · affidavit · exhibit
burden of proof
Duty to prove allegations
- admissibleAllowed to be considered
- rebuttableCapable of being disproved
- presumptionBelief held without proof
threshold · standard · cause · showing · determination · ruling · motion to dismiss · summary judgment · pleading · complaint
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- Latin Legal Termsbona fide, caveat emptor, de facto, de jure, in absentia
- Latin Termsa priori, ab initio, ad hoc, ad lib, bona fide
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
- Legal Latinab initio, bona fide, caveat emptor, certiorari, de facto
- debaterebuttal, argument, rebuttals, refute, case
prima facieconclusive
Ending all debate
definitive · proven · incontrovertible · irrefutable · beyond reasonable doubt
prima faciein reality
Expressing what's true
ultimately · in fact · in truth · actually · truly
prime, primary, primitive, primacy, primate, primordial, primeval, prima, primogeniture