prima facie

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The legal term “prima facie” comes from the Latin for “at first sight” or “based on first impression.”

From Los Angeles Times

The abandonment of that structure in the play’s final third is likewise precise, and many will value the disruption prima facie — at first glance.

From New York Times

But under the law, to pierce the attorney-client privilege, the government must prove a prima facie case and prove that communications were made to further a fraud or crime.

From Salon

However bail was refused, with Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan stating she believed a prima facie case had been established.

From BBC

“There’s a kind of prima facie appearance of: ‘you scratch my back, I scratch yours,’” said Yaron Nili, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School who specializes in corporate and securities law.

From New York Times