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Wiktionary
- n. law 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obligation to furnish evidence to prove a thing; the burden of proof.
Etymologies
- From onus ("burden") and probandī ("of proof"), the genitive of probandus ("proof"). Literally meaning "burden of proof". (Wiktionary)
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