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BURDEN OF PROOF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does burden of proof mean?
• BURDEN OF PROOF (noun)
The noun BURDEN OF PROOF has 1 sense:
1. the duty of proving a disputed charge
Familiarity information: BURDEN OF PROOF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The duty of proving a disputed charge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("burden of proof" is a kind of...):
duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)
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