A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
To make a premise.
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
the act of presuming, or something presumed
the condition upon which something is presumed
the belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true
An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence.