'Violent presumption' definitions:

Definition of 'Violent presumption'

From: GCIDE
  • Violent \Vi"o*lent\, a. [F., from L. violentus, from vis strength, force; probably akin to Gr. ? a muscle, strength.]
  • 1. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease. [1913 Webster]
  • Float upon a wild and violent sea. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A violent cross wind from either coast. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech. [1913 Webster]
  • To bring forth more violent deeds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Some violent hands were laid on Humphrey's life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal. [1913 Webster]
  • These violent delights have violent ends. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • No violent state can be perpetual. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
  • Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Violent presumption (Law), presumption of a fact that arises from proof of circumstances which necessarily attend such facts.
  • Violent profits (Scots Law), rents or profits of an estate obtained by a tenant wrongfully holding over after warning. They are recoverable in a process of removing. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Fierce; vehement; outrageous; boisterous; turbulent; impetuous; passionate; severe; extreme. [1913 Webster]