Dictionary

burden of proof en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of Latin onus probandi.

Meanings

1. 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.
2. The obligation of the person making a claim in a dispute to provide sufficient evidence for their position.

Forms

Relateds

extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

Synonyms

onus probandi

Translations (56)

sh tèret dokazívānja (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · nn bevisbyrde (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · nl last (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · de Beweislast (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · ar التزامات بتقديم الدليل (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · ar التزامات بتقديم الدليل (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · it obblighi di fornire prove (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · gu પુરાવાનો બોજો (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · fr charge de la preuve (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · fi todistustaakka (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · ar عِبْء الإثْبات (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · nn bevisbyrde (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · ja 立証責任 (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · id beban bukti (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · cmn 證明責任 /证明责任 (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · ru бре́мя доказа́тельства (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · ko 입증 책임 (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · es carga de la prueba (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · de Beweispflicht (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · ja 証拠を提示する義務 (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · pl ciężar dowodu (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · gu સાબિતીનો બોજો (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · fr charge de la preuve (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · cmn 舉證責任 /举证责任 (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · la onus probandi (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · sv bevisbörda (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · cmn 舉證責任 /举证责任 (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · it onere della prova (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · is sönnunarbyrði (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · sh тѐрет докази́ва̄ња (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · cs důkazní břemeno (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · it obbligo di fornire prove (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · pt ônus da prova (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · it obbligo di fornire prove (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · mk товар на докажувањето (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · nb bevisbyrde (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · ar التزام بتقديم الدليل (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · cmn 證明責任 /证明责任 (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · pl ciężar dowodu (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · ar التزام بتقديم الدليل (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · ar التزامات بتقديم الدليل (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · pt ônus da prova (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · ja 証明責任 (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · ia onere del prova (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · it obblighi di fornire prove (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · es carga de la prueba (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · ko 증거를 제시할 의무 (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · it obblighi di fornire prove (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · sv bevisbörda (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · da bevisbyrde (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) · nb bevisbyrde (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · fi todistustaakka (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · da bevisbyrde (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · nl bewijslast (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · id beban pembuktian (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) · ar عِبْء البَيِّنة (duty of a party in a legal proceeding)