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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The duty of presenting a certain amount of evidence in order to meet the legal requirements for establishing the entitlement of the party in a case to the outcome sought.
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- noun law The duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the
burden of production and theburden of persuasion ; theonus probandi
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- noun the duty of proving a disputed charge
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