presumption of innocence

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noun Law.

the rebuttable presumption of the innocence of the defendant in a criminal action in Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence, placing upon the prosecution the burden of proof of the defendant's guilt.

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How to use presumption of innocence in a sentence

“The innocence of young people must be preserved at all costs,” said Glees.
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Perhaps that presumption was misguided, but more on that later.
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He did not plead guilty, and has regularly filed petitions in an effort to prove his innocence.
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We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
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O wicked presumption, whence camest thou to cover the earth with thy malice, and deceitfulness?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
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Stung to the soul, Louis threw himself at her feet, to proclaim his innocence of all these inferences, before heaven and her.
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The soul's confessions of that dear young lady were delightful in their naïve innocence.
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But Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.
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