n. the requirement that the plaintiff (the party bringing a civil lawsuit) show by a "preponderance of evidence" or "weight of evidence" that all the facts necessary to win a judgment are presented and are probably true. In a criminal trial the burden of proof required of the prosecutor is to prove the guilt of the accused "beyond a reasonable doub...
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In the law of evidence, the necessity or duty of affirmatively proving a fact or facts in dispute on an issue raised between the parties in a lawsuit. The responsibility of proving a point or points: The level of the burden of proof for a type of case indicates the degree to which the point must be proven. For example, in a civil case the burden of...
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(from the article `evidence`) The burden of proof is a manifold and somewhat ambiguous concept in the law of evidence.
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In court proceedings, the duty of a party to produce sufficient evidence to prove that his case is true. In English and US law a higher standard of proof is required in criminal cases (beyond all...
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The duty of proving one`s case (most often lies on the plaintiff or prosecutor)
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(n) Burden of Proof is the legal obligation on a party to prove the allegation made by him against another party. The burden of proof in a case lies with the plaintiff unless defendant counter with a factual claim based on the allegation, that is when categorical acceptance is made by the defendant and he is disputing a factual position.
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The principle in equal opportunity cases that the natural advantage in proving a case lies with an employer. It therefore reverses the onus and leaves an employer the task of proving their innocence once the plaintiff has established the facts.
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The standard by which a case is decided. For example, a civil case is decided on the basis of the preponderance of the evidence (see explanation below), while a criminal case must be decided within a reasonable doubt.
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The burden placed on an employer, as a result of a claim of discriminatory treatment, to provide a v
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The obligation of a party to prove his allegations during a trial. Typically, the plaintiff must prove whatever allegations he included in his complaint in order to win his case. The defendant is given the opportunity to submit evidence to rebut the plaintiff's case. To rebut generally means to contest a statement or evidence presented by another.
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A party's job of convincing the decisionmaker in a trial that the party's version of the facts is true. In a civil trial, it means that the plaintiff must convince the judge or jury by a preponderance of the evidence that the plaintiff's version is true -- that is, over 50% of the believable evidence is in the plaintiff's favor. (That said, the bur...
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Necessity or duty to prove a fact in a dispute. Not the same as standard of proof. Burden of proof deals with which side must establish a point or points; standard of proof indicates degree to which point must be proven.
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n] - the duty of proving a disputed charge
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Theory of argument giving the obligation of proving a case to the challenging party.
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noun the duty of proving a disputed charge
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the obligation to offer evidence that the court or jury could reasonably believe, in support of a contention, failing which the case will be lost. · the obligation to establish a contention as fact by evoking evidence of its probable truth.
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