no–eyewitness rule

no–eyewitness rule
no–eye·wit·ness rule n: a rule in tort law: in the absence of testimony by eyewitnesses a jury may assume that a person has exercised reasonable care to preserve his or her own safety
— used esp. in Iowa

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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