English Explanatory Dictionary

onus probandi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The burden of proof, the onus; 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.

Word forms

onus probandi

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onus probandī.

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