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prima facie PRAI-muh FAY-shee adjective valid; self-evident; a legally valid fact 1850Notes & Queries (7 September 1850)...I have prima facie proof that Sir Miles left no son. 1968A Small Town In Germany'A prima facie case,' Bradfield remarked, examining his notes once more. 'Grounds for reinvestigation, I grant you. At best, a public prosecutor might be persuaded to make an initial examination.'1971Fear and Loathing In Las VegasThe idea that two heroin pushers in a white Cadillac convertible would be dragging up and down the Strip, abusing total strangers at stoplights, was prima facie absurd.1996Notes from a Small Island...there is a prima facie case to presume that they perform unnatural acts…Labels: Bill Bryson, Hunter S. Thompson, John Le Carre, Various
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