presumptive right

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Steve Zansberg, a media lawyer and president of the CFOIC, had argued that the media and public have a "presumptive right" to see the affidavit.

From Fox News • Jul. 22, 2021

“One has a presumptive right to live by one’s own moral commitments,” he says.

From Economist • Jun. 23, 2016

There’s no presumptive right for the press or public to access discovery materials, even when they’ve been filed with a trial court, as Cosby’s deposition had.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2015

Or, at least, they have the prima facie or presumptive right, which could be overridden only by some stronger countervailing right, such as other people’s right not to be harmed.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2013

There is no other book in my library to which I feel that I possess so clear a presumptive right as to this manuscript.

From Gossip in a Library by Gosse, Edmund