præsumption

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Noun

præsumption (plural præsumptions)

  1. Obsolete spelling of presumption.
    • 1681, Lauder Fountainhall, Historical Observes of Memorable Occurrents in Church and State, page 25:
      Of the præſumption Minarum præcedentium et damni ſecuti, ſee the criminal lawyers, requiring they be malæ famæ, and ſuch qui minas exequi ſoliti ſunt; and the forſaid præſumption of damnum minas ſubſequens, takes mainly place in malefices committed by witches.