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- noun law the
burden of proof , theonus ; the duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both theburden of production and theburden of persuasion .
Etymologies
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From onus ("burden") and probandī ("of proof"), the genitive of probandus ("proof"). Literally meaning "burden of proof".
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