Used in a Sentence

presumptively

How to use presumptively in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for presumptively.

Editorial note

Right, I should have mentioned this is for the US. Here, legal rights are presumptively waivable, even Constitutional ones.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

by reasonable assumption; "presumably, he missed the train"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of presumptively gathered in one view.

adverb

by reasonable assumption; "presumably, he missed the train"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for presumptively.

adverb

by reasonable assumption; "presumably, he missed the train"

Example sentences

1

Right, I should have mentioned this is for the US. Here, legal rights are presumptively waivable, even Constitutional ones.

2

The government knows my age so, as a male US citizen between the ages of 17 and 45 years, I am presumptively a member of the militia.

3

A patent is presumptively valid. To find a patent invalid a jury's standard is "clear and convincing evidence."

4

As soon as you take a bunch of friends hanging out---which is, at least presumptively, not a sexist activity---and slap a gendered label on it like "boys' night", or "brogramming", you know what? It's probably become a sexist experience.

5

Just the existence of a "process" does not mean that it is due process > Such designation is presumptively valid in that situation because the FBI itself is subject to law. You seem to be assuming that if there is a process, it is due process.

6

The cause of both is the same: FinCEN guidance now provides relative certainty that some uses of Bitcoin are presumptively legal and some others are presumptively illegal.

7

The patent bar is in an uproar that issued patents might not be deemed presumptively valid when challenged but might be much more vulnerable to challenge going forward, and so too are the trolls. Pretty much everybody else favors reform, including most of the tech industry heavyweights.

8

The court in that case observed that the delay between accusation and trial becomes “presumptively prejudicial” near the one-year mark. It found no compelling reasons for the delay and noted that the defendant promptly asserted his speedy-trial right while the proceedings were pending.

9

In this case a decision of the International Trade Commission is presumptively valid unless the President, or his designee, forbids the ruling from going into effect -- or in other words, unless he vetoes it.

10

Such designation is presumptively valid in that situation because the FBI itself is subject to law. If different agencies of the executive branch are required to reject each others' conclusions by default and investigate every assertion de novo the outcome would be ontological paralysis.

11

As one of the people who worked on the 'LiveOak' project which was the final, and presumptively last gasp, of Java before Sun 'redeployed' all of us, there was this really modest view of what the language was. And then it was released and folks started saying "Gee if people deliver programs in the browser, and Sun owns the language/environment of the browser, they are going to freeze Microsoft right out of the market, brilliant!"

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United States, the court determined the assessment \n on a responsible party is presumptively correct and issues relating to \n willfulness could be resolved at the summary judgment level. The individual \n has the burden of disproving by a preponderance of the evidence, the \n existence of one or both of the elements that is willfulness or \n responsibility.

13

Since the police did not have a warrant when they used the device, which was not commonly available to the public, the search was presumptively unreasonable and therefore unconstitutional. The majority opinion argued that a person has an expected privacy in his or her home and therefore, the government cannot conduct unreasonable searches, even with technology that does not enter the home.

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Rebuttable: In this model, the concept of rights and responsibility of biological parents as preeminent is maintained, but the spouse is presumptively assigned parental rights and responsibility, but this can be reversed if there is evidence that the spouse is not the parent. Obviously, in the case of same sex marriage, this is resolved simply, as the evidence is readily available to rebut the presumption in all cases.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use presumptively in a sentence?

Right, I should have mentioned this is for the US. Here, legal rights are presumptively waivable, even Constitutional ones.

What does presumptively mean?

by reasonable assumption; "presumably, he missed the train"

What part of speech is presumptively?

presumptively is commonly used as adverb.