Presumption - Definition
presumption
n 1: an assumption that is taken for granted [syn: given,
presumption, precondition]
2: (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts
proved or admitted or judicially noticed
3: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to;
"he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn:
presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery,
assumption]
4: a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming;
"his presumption was intolerable"