presumption


presumption (http://definr.com/presumption)

     n 1: an assumption that is taken for granted [syn: given, precondition]
     2: (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts
        proved or admitted or judicially noticed
     3: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right
        to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn: presumptuousness,
         effrontery, assumption]
     4: a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming;
        "his presumption was intolerable"