presumptively

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Philadelphia National Bank External link, which said that mergers between rivals that create a firm with more than a 30% market share are presumptively illegal under the Clayton Act, Section 7 External link.

From Barron's • Dec. 8, 2025

"Modern doctrine," he said, "treats sex discrimination as presumptively unconstitutional."

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

Oregon’s federal public defender, Fidel Cassino-DuCloux, said Friday’s decision “breathes life into the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, which have been an empty promise for too many presumptively innocent Oregonians charged with crimes.”

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

The indictment itself did not name Santos, referring instead to "Candidate #1," but a letter from federal prosecutors to the court said the two cases may be considered "presumptively related."

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2023

Upon this imposing and authoritative advice of the financial minister, the legal-tender trait of the paper issues of the Government was adopted by Congress, and without his sanction, presumptively, it would have been denied.

From Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase Delivered by William M. Evarts before the Alumni of Dartmouth College, at Hanover by Evarts, William Maxwell