onus probandi

English

Etymology

From Latin onus (“burden”) and probandī (“of proof”), the genitive of probandus (“proof”). Literally meaning "burden of proof".

Noun

onus probandi (uncountable)

  1. (law) The burden of proof, the onus; 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.

Translations
duty of a party in a legal proceeding — see burden of proof
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