Sentence examples for were presumed not from inspiring English sources

Children under 7 who committed crimes were presumed not to be responsible for them and could not be punished.

By the 13th century, in legal terms, women who were raped and became pregnant were presumed not to have been raped.

Medical workers that were presumed not to come clinically in contact with female patients, e.g. laboratory workers, were disregarded.

Women without a diagnosis of preeclampsia in the Swedish Medical Birth Registry were presumed not to have preeclampsia.

One decided against using NRT so was excluded, and four did not attend the following week so were presumed not to have quit.

If a diagnosis of gestational diabetes was not indicated in the Swedish Medical Birth Registry, women were presumed not to have gestational diabetes.

Those charged with, for example, murder, are presumed not entitled to bail.

The rules also say suspects will be presumed not guilty and can see the evidence against them.

It added: "In case of doubt, buildings ordinarily used for civilian purposes, such as homes, are presumed not to be legitimate military targets".

Two new classes of drugs, fusion inhibitors and integrase inhibitors, are still in testing stages, so resistance to them is presumed not to exist yet.

He also quoted Lord Steyn as saying two years earlier that "parliament must be presumed not to legislate contrary to the rule of law".