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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prima facie /ˌprʌɪmə ˈfeɪʃɪiː/

▶adjective & adverb Law at first sight; accepted as so until proved otherwise.

– origin L., from primus ‘first’ + facies ‘face’.

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