Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) See
fascia .
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- noun The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.
- noun The plate forming the basis of the control panel for a vehicle or device
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc
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Examples
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The use of encryption would, in my opinion, be prima facia evidence of the “reasonable expectation of privacy” argument underpinning the abrogation of that right by the ISP on behalf of the subscriber.
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I don't know what sort of intellectual disasters leads a person -- especially a lawyer or law student -- to write such know-nothingisms as Any legal paper titled with any of the words "universe", "neo", or "towards" is prima facia useless but you have my sympathy.
Discourse.net: Patricia D. White to Be Dean of University of Miami School of Law 2009
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Mets' Dickey Could Make His Next Start The Mets are hoping pitcher R.A. Dickey can make his next scheduled start after being diagnosed with a partial tear of the plantar facia of the right foot Friday.
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If a biased stochastic process is not attributable to physical causality then a prima facia case is made for teleology.
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Which is the prima facia reason why I will insist that he is not “pro-troops” or “pro-military”.
Waterboarding, torture, and the law of unintended consequences. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Judges can aquit the defendant if the state fails to make a prima facia case.
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There is a case to be made that their lack of patience for solving problems is prima facia evidence of repressed (crypto -?) utopianism.
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The photograph which the man has posted on his Facebook web page is therefore prima facia evidence of a full blown violation of the Stolen Valor Act of 2005
SCOTT ELLISON MCCORD 2010
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ShelbyC: Judges can aquit the defendant if the state fails to make a prima facia case.
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The accusation may fail to establish even a prima facia case.
The Volokh Conspiracy » What Should Landlords Do If a Tenant Is Accused of a Violent Crime? 2010
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