prima facie
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Uefa's ethics and disciplinary inspector says there is a prima facie case against the Argentina international.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
“The ignition of the Saddleridge Fire by SCE’s power and transmission lines and equipment is prima facie evidence of SCE’s negligence,” states the complaint, which was filed by acting U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
“Every person born in the country,” wrote Bates in late November 1862, “is, at the moment of birth, prima facie a citizen…without any reference to race or color, or any other accidental circumstance.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 4, 2025
Violation of this rule is considered prima facie evidence of reckless driving.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023
Page 8: impossibility of alternatives which seemed prima facie impossibility of alternatives which seemed primâ facie Page 119: with it.
From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand
