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‖ prima facie, adv. and adj. phr. (n.)|ˈpraɪmə ˈfeɪʃɪiː|
[L. prīmā faciē at first sight (M. Seneca), faciē, ablative of faciēs face. Formerly anglicized, after F. de prime face, ‘at’ or ‘of prime face’: see prime a. 9 c.]
A. adv. At first sight; on the face of it; as appears at first without investigation.
c1420? Lydg. Assembly of Gods 157 Here, prima facie, to vs he doth apere That he hath offendyd—no man can sey nay. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 55 A Phisiognomer by chance..was demanded what (Prima facie) he thought of Socrates. 1624Bedell Lett. vii. 115 And indeed, prima facie they haue reason. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. xiii. 196 Such actual possession is, prima facie, evidence of a legal title in the possessor. a1676,1797[see doli capax]. 1883Law Rep. 11 Q.B. Div. 597 The plaintiff has been defamed, and has primâ facie a cause of action. 1900[see en bloc]. 1955Times 5 May 4/1 If the right given to the tenant was an asset, it was something which prima facie would on his death pass to his personal representative. 1971Mod. Law Rev. XXXIV. 693 The recommendation was prima facie unlawful.
B. adj. Arising at first sight; based or founded on the first impression. Also ellipt. as n.
prima facie case (Law), a case resting on prima facie evidence.
1800J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 50 This Gazette is said by lawyers and judges to be primâ facie evidence in courts of justice, of matters of State and of public acts of the government. 1864Spectator 16 Apr. 440/2 Doubtless..there is a primâ facie reason for his suggestion. 1870J. H. Newman Gram. Assent ii. vi. 174 A primâ facie assent is an assent to an antecedent probability of a fact, not to the fact itself. 1895L. J. Kay in Law Times Rep. LXXIII. 624/1 It lies upon the plaintiff to make out a primâ facie case. 1916G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion p. lx, An objection from an average stockbroker constitutes in itself a prima facie case for any social reform. 1955Times 1 July 6/5 The Magistrate..said that on the girl's evidence there was plainly a prima facie case. 1978P. Lovesey Waxwork 153 If anyone can supply the prima facie evidence that her husband was involved, it's her. 1980N. Freeling Castang's City xxv. 169 You've nothing for a prima facie... Any lawyer could knock it down.
So ‖ prima fronte |ˈpraɪmə ˈfrɒntiː| adv. phr. [L. (Quintil.); fronte, ablative of frons, frontem, forehead, front], at first appearance, on the face of it.
1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 299 To make a revolution is a measure which, prima fronte, requires an apology. |