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onus probandi

onus probandi noun: 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.

Noun

onus probandi (uncountable)

  1. 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.

onus probandi meaning in Tamil

onus probandi in Tamil

மெய்ப்பிக்கும் சுமை

Origin of onus probandi

Borrowed from Latin onus probandī.

Questions about onus probandi

What does onus probandi mean?
Onus probandi means 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.
What is onus probandi in Tamil?
Onus probandi in Tamil is மெய்ப்பிக்கும் சுமை. See Onus probandi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is onus probandi?
Onus probandi is a noun.

Words near onus probandi in the dictionary

  1. Onuohas
  2. onuphid
  3. onuphids
  4. Onuphrius
  5. onus
  6. onus probandi
  7. onuses
  8. onward
  9. onward and upward
  10. onwarded
  11. onwarding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: onus probandi (page history and authors); onus probandi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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