presumption of guilt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpresumptionandguilt
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presumption
noun[C or U]
uk/prɪˈzʌmp.ʃən/us/prɪˈzʌmp.ʃən/
the act of believing that something is true without having ...
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guilt
noun[U]
uk/ɡɪlt/us/ɡɪlt/
a feeling of worry or unhappiness that you have because you have done something wrong, such as causing harm to ...
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(Definition ofpresumptionandguiltfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is apresumptionofguilt, the government is under no obligation to show that the funds have an illegal pedigree.
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There was a strongpresumptionofguiltagainst the defendants because of their race and that of the victim.
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But the phrase "strongpresumptionofguilt" seems particularly unfortunate.
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First, he criticises what may be described as apresumptionofguiltin determining unemployment benefit where there is a question of voluntary unemployment.
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Then there is the point aboutpresumptionofguiltby association.
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There was, in effect, apresumptionofguiltwithout recourse to legal process.
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Although there is theoretically a presumption of innocence, in many minds there is apresumptionofguilt.
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If apresumptionofguiltis likely to be drawn from an interviewee's silence, having a solicitor present becomes much more important.
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The burden of proof concerning conduct which could be illegal appears to impose thepresumptionofguilton the person complained about.
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There is nopresumptionofguilthere more than that anywhere else.
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I now refer to thepresumptionofguilt.
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There is, of course, nopresumptionofguilt.
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It had "grave reservations about apresumptionofguiltnot tested by the courts".
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The danger is that the police, too, may be loaded with apresumptionofguilt.
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The clause, like so many others, conveys apresumptionofguilttowards the persons, mostly men, who will come within its provisions.
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It was wrong, he said, that there should be apresumptionofguilt.
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The third objection is thepresumptionofguiltand the reversal of proof.
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The real point at issue is thepresumptionofguilt.
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Those powers suggest too great apresumptionofguilt.
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It appears that there is apresumptionofguiltuntil proven innocent.
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