Definition of DEEM in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DEEM
To hold; consider; adjudge; condemn; determine; treat as if; construe. Douglas v. Edwards, C.C.A.N.Y., 298 F. 229, 237; In re Schmidt's Estate, 134 Wash. 525, 236 P. 274, 275; In re Green's Estate, 99 Misc. 582, 164 N.Y.S. 1063, 1083; Harder v. Irwin, D.C.N.Y., 285 F. 402, 404; First Nat. Bank v. Dodd, 118 Or. 1, 245 P. 503, 504. But see Kleppe v. Odin Tp., McHenry County, 40 N.D. 595, 169 N.W. 313, 314, which gives "deemed" the force of only a "disputable presumption," or of prima facie evidence. When, by statute, certain acts are "deemed" to be a crime of a particular nature, they are such crime, and not a semblance of it, nor a mere fanciful approximation to or designation of the offense. Com. v. Pratt, 132 Mass. 247; Commonwealth v. Brue, 284 Pa. 294, 131 A. 367, 368.
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