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• the burden of proof lies with — one side is responsible for presenting evidence and proving his claim …   English contemporary dictionary

• (the) burden of proof — the burden of proof legal phrase the responsibility of proving that something is true in a court of law In a criminal trial, the burden of proof lies with the prosecutor. Thesaurus: miscellaneous legal termshyponym Main entry: burden …   Useful english dictionary

• the burden of proof — legal the responsibility of proving that something is true in a court of law In a criminal trial, the burden of proof lies with the prosecutor …   English dictionary

• burden of proof —    The burden of proof is the necessity imposed by the law to prove that what one says is true.     The burden of proof lies with the claimant …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Burden of proof (logical fallacy) — In philosophy, the term burden of proof refers to the extent to which, or the level of rigour with which, it is necessary to establish, demonstrate or prove something for it to be accepted as true or reasonable to believe.All logical arguments… …   Wikipedia

• Proof — • The establishment of a disputed or controverted matter by lawful means or arguments. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Proof     Proof      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• burden — bur|den1 [ bɜrdn ] noun count ** 1. ) usually singular a serious or difficult responsibility that you have to deal with: Unemployment places a heavy burden on the welfare state. burden of: Men say they are willing to share the burden of domestic… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Legal burden of proof — This article is about the burden of proof in law. For other uses, see Burden of proof (disambiguation). The burden of proof (Latin: onus probandi) is the obligation to shift the accepted conclusion away from an oppositional opinion to one s own… …   Wikipedia

• proof — n [alteration of Middle English preove, from Old French preuve, from Late Latin proba, from Latin probare to prove] 1: the effect of evidence sufficient to persuade a reasonable person that a particular fact exists see also evidence 2: the… …   Law dictionary

• proof — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, convincing, direct, good, positive, real ▪ |Do you have positive proof that she took the money? ▪ We have proof positive that he is in hid …   Collocations dictionary

• proof — proof1 W3S2 [pru:f] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(evidence)¦ 2¦(copy)¦ 3¦(mathematics)¦ 4 the proof of the pudding (is in the eating) 5¦(alcohol)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: preuve, from Late Latin proba, from Latin probare; PROBE2 …   Dictionary of contemporary English