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Presumption A predisposition in favour of an existing belief or a prevailing practice, until a good reason (or reasons) is provided for changing the belief or practice. See: the presumption of innocence.
(see also: burden of proof, assumption, context, background information, argument, claim, evidence, conclusion, establish, support, ground, justification, controversies, supposition, presupposition, predisposition)
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