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class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Pronunciation"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Adverb"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Adverb</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Synonyms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Synonyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Derived_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Related_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Related terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Translations"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Adjective"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Adjective</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Usage_notes"><span class="tocnumber">1.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Usage notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="#Synonyms_2"><span class="tocnumber">1.4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Synonyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#Translations_2"><span class="tocnumber">1.4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Spanish"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Spanish</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Adverb_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Adverb</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=prima_facie&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=prima_facie&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/prima#Latin" title="prima">prīmā</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">first</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/facie#Latin" title="facie">faciē</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">shape, figure</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, literally “at the first appearance.” </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=prima_facie&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈpɹiːmə ˈfeɪsiː/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈpɹaɪmə ˈfeɪsiː/</span>, <span class="IPA">/-ʃiː/</span>, <span class="IPA">/-ʃə/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈpɹiːmə ˈfæɪsiː/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈpɹɑɪmə ˈfæɪsiː/</span>, <span class="IPA">/-ʃiː/</span>, <span class="IPA">/-ʃə/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=prima_facie&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/prima_facie" class="extiw" title="w:prima facie">prima facie</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/prima_facie" class="extiw" title="w:prima facie">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/prima#English" title="prima">prima</a> <a href="/wiki/facies#English" title="facies">facie</a></strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">prima facie</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">prima facie</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/law#English" title="law">law</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/at_first_sight" title="at first sight">At first sight</a>; <a href="/wiki/on_the_face_of_it" title="on the face of it">on the face of it</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1871</b></span>, Gail Hamilton, <cite>Gala-days</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">191</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (<i><b>prima facie</b></i>) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1916</b> April 8, <cite>The National Provisioner</cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">54</span>, number <span class="None" lang="und">15</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sim_national-provisioner_1916-04-08_54_15/page/36/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">36</span></a>, column 2:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><b>Prima facie</b> this may not read like a true story.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=prima_facie&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/apparently#English" title="apparently">apparently</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/seemingly#English" title="seemingly">seemingly</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ostensibly#English" title="ostensibly">ostensibly</a></span>; see also <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:ostensibly" title="Thesaurus:ostensibly">Thesaurus:ostensibly</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=prima_facie&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/prima_faciality#English" title="prima faciality">prima faciality</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=prima_facie&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ex_facie#English" title="ex facie">ex facie</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=prima_facie&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-at_first_sight"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">at first sight</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="at first sight"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style 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annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/ensin%C3%A4kem%C3%A4lt%C3%A4#Finnish" title="ensinäkemältä">ensinäkemältä</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/ensisilm%C3%A4yksell%C3%A4#Finnish" title="ensisilmäyksellä">ensisilmäyksellä</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="trreq" data-lang="fr"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=prima_facie&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/prima#English" title="prima">prima</a> <a href="/wiki/facie#English" title="facie">facie</a></strong> (<i>not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/law#English" title="law">law</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/apparently" title="apparently">Apparently</a> correct; not needing <a href="/wiki/proof" title="proof">proof</a> unless evidence to the <a href="/wiki/contrary" title="contrary">contrary</a> is shown. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2020</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Garland" class="extiw" title="w:Alex Garland">Alex Garland</a>, 17:59 from the start, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devs_(TV_series)" class="extiw" title="w:Devs (TV series)">Devs</a></cite>, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Lecturer (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Carr" class="extiw" title="w:Liz Carr">Liz Carr</a>):</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">We conclude that the single photon is somehow interacting with itself. And now we have <i><b>prima facie</b></i> evidence of the superposition of quantum particles, that they can exist in more than one place at the same time.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=prima_facie&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In common usage, often used to mean that the <i>conclusion</i> is obvious. In more narrow legal usage, it means rather that there is a <i>case</i> to answer – that the <i>question</i> is clear, but the <i>conclusion</i> is not necessarily obvious. 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