burden of proof
Meanings
noun
- The duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion; the onus probandi.
- The obligation of the person making a claim in a dispute to provide sufficient evidence for their position.
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Etymology
Calque of Latin onus probandi.
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