Usually means: Obligation to prove an assertion.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word burden of proof:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. burden of proof: Merriam-Webster
  2. burden of proof: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burden of proof: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. burden of proof: Collins English Dictionary
  5. burden of proof: Vocabulary.com
  6. burden of proof: Wordnik
  7. the burden of proof: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. burden of proof: Wiktionary
  9. burden of proof: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. burden of proof: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. burden of proof: Dictionary.com
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  13. burden of proof: Rhymezone
  14. burden of proof: FreeDictionary.org
  15. burden of proof: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. burden of proof: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. burden of proof: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. burden of proof: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. burden of proof: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. DS Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  8. Burden of Proof: DivorceNet.com (Annotated Divorce Law Dictionary)
  9. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  10. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  11. The burden of proof, burden of proof: Legal dictionary
  12. The burden of proof, burden of proof: Financial dictionary
  13. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The burden of proof, burden of proof: Medical dictionary

(Note: See burden_of_proofs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (burden of proof)

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 the burden of persuasion; the onus probandi.
noun:  (epistemology) The obligation of the person making a claim in a dispute to provide sufficient evidence for their position.

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