burden of proofin a sentence
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The plaintiff goes first because the plaintiff has the burden of proof.
burden of proof = the duty of proving an argument to be true
- The plaintiff has not met her burden of proof.
- to Who has the burden of proof in abuse and neglect cases?† (source)
- But unlike the first Wennerström affair, this time Millennium could present a convincing burden of proof: Wennerström's own emails and copies of the contents of his computer, which contained balance sheets from secret bank assets in the Cayman Islands and two dozen other countries, secret agreements, and other blunders that a more cautious racketeer would never in his life have left on his hard drive.† (source)
- Under British law, the burden of proof is on the defendant.† (source)
- Eric did most of the talking; the burden of proof was on him.† (source)
- They grant possession of the blacks as property to Ruiz and Montes, and in the eyes of the law, possession weighs heavily, despite what Thompson said about burden of proof.† (source)
- The burden of proof is on the prosecution.† (source)
- He had already proven that Arliss had taken the bale of hay and spread it over the lawn-the burden of proof fulfilled.† (source)
- It had happened at the same time that both Blomkvist and Giannini were robbed of the document that was the cornerstone in the burden of proof.† (source)
- In Georgia and Alabama, the veggie libel laws have been framed in imitation of British libel law, placing the burden of proof upon the defendant.† (source)
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- —The burden of proof is with you not with me, he said frowning.† (source)
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