Editing Prima facie (section)

==Other uses and references==
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[[File:Example photo 1 of a prima facie speed limit - Rapid River, Michigan (United States).jpg|thumb|Example of a ''prima facie'' speed limit posted in [[Rapid River, Michigan]]]]
The phrase ''prima facie'' is sometimes misspelled ''{{sic|hide=y|prima facia}}'' in the mistaken belief that ''{{sic|hide=y|facia}}'' is the actual Latin word; however, ''faciē'' is in fact the [[ablative (Latin)|ablative case]] of ''faciēs'', a [[Latin declension#Fifth declension (e stems)|fifth declension]] Latin noun. In [[Policy debate#Theory|policy debate theory]], ''prima facie'' is used to describe the mandates or planks of an affirmative case, or, in some rare cases, a negative [[counterplan]]. When the negative team appeals to ''prima facie'', it appeals to the fact that the affirmative team cannot add or amend anything in its plan after being stated in the first affirmative constructive.

A common usage of the phrase is the concept of a "''prima facie'' speed limit", which has been used in Australia and the United States. A ''prima facie'' speed limit is a default speed limit that applies when no other specific speed limit is posted, and may be exceeded by a driver;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speed Laws {{!}} Westlake Village, CA - Official Website |url=https://wlv.org/284/Speed-Laws#:~:text=Prima%20Facie%20Speed%20Limits%20Prima,approaches%20to%20low-visibility%20intersections. |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=wlv.org}}</ref> however, if the driver is detected, and cited by police for exceeding the limit, the onus of proof is on the driver to show that the speed at which the driver was travelling was safe under the circumstances. In most jurisdictions, this type of speed limit has been replaced by absolute speed limits.