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Webster 1913 Edition

Prima facie

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Pri′ma fa′ci-e

.

[L., from abl. of

primus

first + abl. of

facies

appearance.]

At first view; on the first appearance.

Prima facie evidence

(of a fact)

(Law)

, evidence which is sufficient to establish the fact unless rebutted.

Bouvier.