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pri·ma fa·ci·e    Audio Help   [prahy-muh fey-shee-ee, fey-shee, fey-shuh, pree-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.at first appearance; at first view, before investigation.
2.plain or clear; self-evident; obvious.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME < L prīmā facié]
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pri·ma fa·cie    Audio Help   (prī'mə fā'shē -shə, -shē-ē)  Pronunciation Key 
adv.   At first sight; before closer inspection: They had, prima facie, a legitimate complaint.

adj.  
  1. True, authentic, or adequate at first sight; ostensible: prima facie credibility.
  2. Evident without proof or reasoning; obvious: a prima facie violation of the treaty.


[Middle English, manifestly, from Latin prīmā faciē : prīmā, feminine ablative of prīmus, first + faciē, ablative of faciēs, shape, face.]

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prima facie 
c.1420, from L., lit. "at first sight," ablative of prima facies "first appearance," from prima, fem. sing. of primus "first" + facies "form, face."

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prima facie

adjective
1. as it seems at first sight; "a prima facie case of murder" 

adverb
1. at first sight 

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Main Entry: pri·ma fa·cie
Pronunciation: 'prI-m&-'fA-sh&, -sE, -shE
Function: adverb
Etymology: Latin
: at first view : on first appearance absent other information or evidence <guidelines which would prima facie accredit new entrance examinations as nondiscriminatory —S. L. Lynch> —compare EX FACIE

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Main Entry: prima facie
Function: adjective
: sufficient to establish a fact or case unless disproved <prima facie proof> <a prima facie showing>

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Prima facie

Pri"ma fa"ci*e\ [L., from abl. of primus first + abl. of facies appearance.] At first view; on the first appearance.

Prima facie evidence (of a fact) (Law), evidence which is sufficient to establish the fact unless rebutted. --Bouvier.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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