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) At First Sight (novel) At First Sight is a romance novel by Nicholas Sparks, written in 2005. Set in North Carolina, United States, "At First Sight" is the sequel to Sparks’ previous book, "True Believer", written in the same year. "At First Sight" was originally the result of a 45-page epilogue in "True Believer". Sparks’ editor thought this was too long for an epilogue, and damaged the effect of "True Believer". It was then that Sparks got the idea to write "At First Sight" as its predecessor. "At First Sight" begins after Jeremy’s proposal. In New York City Lexie and