An argument drawn from things commonly happening is frequent in law.

Explanation

The law reasons from ordinary experience — what usually happens is the baseline for legal presumption.

Where this applies

• The law reasons from ordinary experience and what usually happens.
• Common patterns of behavior form the basis for legal presumptions.
• What normally occurs is the starting point for legal reasoning.

See also

• 12.1.4 An argument from a similar case, or from analogy, is valid in law.
• 12.7.1 A fortuitous event is not to be expected, and no one is bound to foresee it.