“Prima facie” means
Prima facie means at first sight or to have knowledge or awareness of something.
- On the first view
- On the face of it
- At first sight
- (of evidence) sufficient to support the bringing of a charge (law)
- (of a case) supported by prima facie evidence (law)
“There is a prima facie case of injustice”
Origin of Prima facie
origin Latin, early 19th century primus ‘first’ + facies ‘face’.
