Prima facie Prima facie Prima facie (; ) is a Latin expression meaning "on its first encounter" or "at first sight". The literal translation would be "at first face" or "at first appearance", from the feminine forms of "primus" ("first") and "facies" ("face"), both in the ablative case. In modern, colloquial and conversational English, a common translation would be "on the face of it". The term "prima facie" is used in modern legal English (including both civil law and criminal law) to signify that upon initial examination, sufficient corroborating evidence appears to exist to support a case. In common law jurisdictions, "prima
At First Sight (novel) five children, Miles, Ryan, Landon and twin daughters, Lexie and Savannah. All of his children have shared their names with one of Sparks’ characters in his novels; Miles and Ryan are the characters in Sparks’ "A Bend in the Road", Landon is the main character from "A Walk to Remember", Savannah is the main character in "Dear John", Lexie is the main character in "True Believer" and "At First Sight" and the supporting character in "Safe Haven". Sparks’ admits to getting emotional and even crying when writing his famous novels, and gets his inspiration from numerous unexpected places. "Message in