The phrase "adopt a presumption" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is suggesting to accept a certain assumption or belief as a starting point for discussion or analysis.
Example: "In legal matters, it is often necessary to adopt a presumption of innocence until proven guilty."
Alternatives: "assume a presumption" or "take on a presumption".
"The IMF should adopt a presumption in favour of release of information, except where this might compromise confidentiality".
That wherever possible – and consistent with the need to prosecute – we will adopt a presumption of maximum transparency.
"All agencies should adopt a presumption in favor of disclosure," the president wrote in a memorandum about the Freedom of Information Act.
The Obama administration has tried to improve the FOIA process, with agencies told within days of his inauguration that they should "adopt a presumption in favor of disclosure".
See id., at ___ (slip op., at 15) ("The fact that we permit courts of appeals to adopt a presumption of reasonableness does not mean that courts may adopt a presumption of unreasonableness").3 Even the Government has acknowledged that such a presumption would not be consistent with Booker.
Barely half of federal agencies and departments are abiding by Obama's orders to "adopt a presumption in favor" of granting FOIA requests, according to a study co-authored by Blanton and released this week.
Instead, the court adopted a presumption, based on the efficient market hypothesis, that all publicly available information about a company is incorporated into its stock price.
We should not, however, rewrite existing law by adopting a presumption that, simply because a violation is nonconstitutional, it is automatically subject to harmless-error inquiry.
The Reagan administration adopted a presumption against disclosure under FOIA and succeeded in weakening its requirements.
Ultimately, while recognizing that meaning can change over time in some instances, this Article concludes that courts should be skeptical of this claim and should instead adopt a rebuttable presumption of enduring religious meaning when confronted with constitutional challenges to instances of ceremonial deism.
In part, they said, because many elections face accusations of errors and improprieties and the courts have adopted a strong presumption that elections are valid to keep from becoming too deeply enmeshed in the political process.
