Usually means: Obligation to prove an assertion.
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  1. burden of_proof: Merriam-Webster.com
  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
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  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. burden of_proof: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. DS Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  7. Burden of Proof: DivorceNet.com (Annotated Divorce Law Dictionary)
  8. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  9. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  10. International Law Dictionary (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)

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  1. The burden of proof, burden of_proof: Medical dictionary

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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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